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1PRV_se0_ag2_m_030.5925I work for t- s-1.5596
3 1.8230Tri County Industries, yeah-3.1470 
5 3.3931the company.4.0636 
6PRV_int_014.4037What is that?4.9259
7PRV_se0_ag2_m_035.6487<laugh> They help disabled and disabili-7.7365
9 7.9277S- Well disabled and dis- um,10.0353 
11 10.7068<ts>10.7627 
13 12.4712disadvantaged13.3728 
15 13.9836uh, people.14.5898 
16PRV_int_0114.8090Okay.15.1820
18 15.7602And what- what do you do for them?16.9679 
19PRV_se0_ag2_m_0317.3596I'm a lead attendant at the I ninety-five rest area in Dortches,20.6499
21 20.7539the north bound.21.5410 
22PRV_int_0121.8954Okay.22.2871
24 22.7347So22.9166 
26 23.0705/?/ it's, uh, like a residential24.3574 
28 24.6559thing? People live there, or25.8764 
30 26.1655do they-26.3940 
31PRV_se0_ag2_m_0326.3893No, this-26.8976
32 27.0981this uh-27.5550
34 28.1099the rest area where people travel and stop there.30.3295 
35PRV_int_0130.3061Oh, okay.30.9764
36PRV_se0_ag2_m_0331.2562Use the restroom or what not.32.6504
37PRV_int_0132.6597Okay.33.0421
39 33.3172Okay.33.6576 
41 34.4550And then you- you help out the disadvantaged?36.5486 
42PRV_se0_ag2_m_0337.4008Right, I started um,39.1074
44 39.9047through a vocational rehabilitation42.2036 
46 43.2143as far as, I used to have anxiety attacks years ago, and46.7487 
48 48.2735I spoke with a49.3448 
50 49.9044supervisor50.8742 
52 51.0188at51.1447 
54 51.4758vocational rehabilitation and he got me hooked up with 'em.54.1027 
55PRV_int_0154.2211Oh, okay.54.7713
56PRV_se0_ag2_m_0356.1562And56.7204
58 57.4151they look- they- there's a58.5529 
60 59.7000disa-59.9891 
62 60.1849dis- disabled-61.2329 
64 62.0303being disabled for the simple fact I wont able to hold no steady jobs, so.65.8352 
65PRV_int_0166.2409But- Oh, cause, uh, [/inaudible/]?68.0489
66PRV_se0_ag2_m_0367.4148[Mm-hm.]68.0163
67PRV_int_0168.3068/?/68.4905
69 68.6784Is that working out for you?69.6716 
70PRV_se0_ag2_m_0369.6903Yeah.70.0446
72 70.2265Doing fine.71.0052 
73PRV_int_0171.5787So how d-72.4728
75 72.9345how do you know um,74.1189 
77 74.3567/RD-NAME-1/ and74.7950 
79 75.0421[/inaudible/]?75.4058 
80PRV_se0_ag2_m_0375.2426[/RD-NAME-1/] is my younger sister.76.5202
81PRV_int_0176.6088Oh, okay.77.1731
82PRV_se0_ag2_m_0377.1777Mm-hm.77.5694
83PRV_int_0177.5927Oh, okay.78.1429
85 78.2222Alright.78.6745 
87 78.8785And79.1350 
89 79.6292so,79.9510 
91 80.1422I'm sorry.80.7157 
93 81.0747Can you81.4944 
95 81.6203just let me know your name and [age?]83.2383 
96PRV_se0_ag2_m_0383.1218[Oh.]83.3875
97 83.8492/RD-NAME-4/. Um, I'm forty two years old.86.6458
98PRV_int_0187.8115Were you born in Princeville?88.9725
99PRV_se0_ag2_m_0389.5974I think so. Um,90.9018
101 91.2609Yeah, I'm- [Yeah.]92.0069 
102PRV_int_0191.6992[You think] so? [<laugh>]93.0514
103PRV_se0_ag2_m_0392.5525[Yeah.]92.8043
104PRV_int_0193.6203<laugh>94.2778
106 94.7674Not so sure. [<laugh>]95.9471 
107PRV_se0_ag2_m_0395.7373[Yeah], I was- I was born and raised in Princeville.97.8298
108PRV_int_0197.7691[Okay.]98.2019
109PRV_se0_ag2_m_0397.9696[Mm-hm.]98.4592
110PRV_int_0198.2886/Inaudible/99.6250
111PRV_se0_ag2_m_03100.0773Yeah.100.4037
112PRV_int_01100.4829Okay.100.9259
113PRV_se0_ag2_m_03101.2150Mm-hm.101.5927
114PRV_int_01101.5170And101.8667
115 102.3423you went to /RD-NAME-3/?103.6059
116PRV_se0_ag2_m_03104.3287Yeah.104.7344
117PRV_int_01104.8463Okay.105.3732
118PRV_se0_ag2_m_03105.5504Mm.105.8161
119PRV_int_01105.9187What was school like back then /unintelligible/?107.8504
121 108.0019Did-108.2164 
123 108.4635Did the /unintelligible/ that they have now?110.6924 
124PRV_se0_ag2_m_03110.7017Yeah,111.0701
126 111.2753s-111.3778 
128 111.6110just updated 'em, but they still the same school.114.3422 
129PRV_int_01114.6500/?/114.9391
131 115.3401You had a-115.9277 
133 117.7462Wasn't-118.1985 
135 118.8793Wasn't there-119.4761 
137 119.5787Wasn't the old town hall /?/- Wasn't that like, you- your school?122.2681 
138PRV_se0_ag2_m_03122.4919Yeah, it used to have a Head Start there years ago.124.7814
139PRV_int_01124.7627[Okay.]125.1870
140PRV_se0_ag2_m_03124.8886[Mm-hm.]125.3782
141PRV_int_01125.5041/Alright./125.8492
142PRV_se0_ag2_m_03125.8585Few years ago.126.4227
143PRV_int_01126.4962So you went to the elementary?128.0163
144PRV_se0_ag2_m_03127.9930Mm-hm.128.5851
145PRV_int_01128.7717Okay.129.1727
147 129.6998D- did you go to /RD-SCHOOL-4/?131.0565 
148PRV_se0_ag2_m_03130.9912Yeah, I went-131.5321
149 131.9051No I s-132.3155
151 132.5848Yes, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/. That's where I stopped at, at /RD-SCHOOL-4/. I didn't graduate.136.3104 
153 136.5342I didn't get a chance to go to /RD-SCHOOL-3/.137.9238 
154PRV_int_01138.1663Oh, okay.138.7351
156 138.8785Okay.139.2562 
158 139.8251And you and uh,140.7530 
160 141.2193your sister,141.7835 
162 141.9374that's142.2172 
164 142.3011all your142.6788 
166 142.8840family [/over here/?]143.6191 
167PRV_se0_ag2_m_03143.2943Mm-hm.143.8398
168PRV_int_01144.3201Are you guys the same age?145.1459
169PRV_se0_ag2_m_03145.9044She's forty one, and I'm forty two.147.8628
170PRV_int_01148.1845Okay.148.5949
172 148.9213You guys just-149.3549 
174 149.5787/inaudible/?151.0884 
175PRV_se0_ag2_m_03151.3004Yeah, seven, me and my sister /RD-NAME-2/ that was here [earlier,]154.0213
176PRV_int_01153.8115[Uh-huh.]154.2078
177PRV_se0_ag2_m_03154.1379[she's] forty three.155.1591
178PRV_int_01155.5601Okay.155.9051
180 156.5568And now all of you guys went to school together? [/Inaudible/]158.6877 
181PRV_se0_ag2_m_03158.0256[Mm-hm.]158.6551
182PRV_int_01160.8280/Inaudible/161.4062
184 161.8294Um,162.1837 
186 163.5546so you-163.9233 
188 164.0955so you've been here164.8649 
190 165.3732in Princeville,166.0353 
191PRV_se0_ag2_m_03166.5436[Right.]166.9259
192PRV_int_01166.5482[/inaudible/] and167.2150
193 168.7993/God/, I didn't know much about170.3753
195 170.5478the- the family171.6296 
197 172.2918you-172.5715 
199 173.0192does173.2710 
201 173.6766your whole family stay through174.9132 
203 175.1723Princeville /too/?175.9183 
204PRV_se0_ag2_m_03175.8018Yeah, everyone was raised over there. Just-177.8068
205 177.9654yeah, mm-hm.178.5855
206PRV_int_01178.6974What- what do you remember about179.9797
208 180.1942growing up in Princeville?181.2329 
209PRV_se0_ag2_m_03181.6526<sigh>183.4105
210PRV_int_01183.3965Don't have to tell me all good things. <laugh> /or nothing, or-/185.9895
211 186.3096Just186.5568
213 186.8972whatever you remember.187.9230 
214PRV_se0_ag2_m_03191.7279You said I don't have to tell you all good things. [Ain't] nothing good.194.0303
215PRV_int_01193.3495[I-]193.5873
216 194.1235I said194.4266
218 194.5945you don't have to tell me all good things. Just whatev- whatever you remember like,197.8352 
220 198.3388was it-198.7165 
222 198.8925was it199.2795 
224 199.9230boring? I mean what- <laugh> what-201.4105 
225PRV_se0_ag2_m_03201.4385Yeah, it [was- To me], it was, [yeah.]203.4995
226PRV_int_01201.9001[<laugh>]202.5855
228 203.1870[Yeah?]203.4855 
229PRV_se0_ag2_m_03203.8072Mm-hm.204.3388
230PRV_int_01204.5195What did you-205.0557
232 205.1863what did you do when you was growing up? What's /inaudible/?207.6903 
233PRV_se0_ag2_m_03207.5457I s- played sports um,209.2850
234 211.9137visit friends.212.9628
236 213.0421You know, house to house, whatnot.214.4037 
238 214.5809Other than that it wont really very much to do. We never had a gym or anything,218.2121 
239PRV_int_01218.2914Yeah.218.6411
240PRV_se0_ag2_m_03219.2892so.219.7653
241PRV_int_01220.9166You guys play s-221.3969
243 221.5647Did you play sports in school?222.8692 
244PRV_se0_ag2_m_03223.1816No.223.5173
246 223.8904Mm-mm.224.2821 
247PRV_int_01225.6996Are you- Are you-226.4037
249 226.6135You seem like you're close with-227.8025 
251 228.0637with your sister.228.6932 
252PRV_se0_ag2_m_03228.6547Yeah.229.1023
253PRV_int_01229.0837You guys always been close?230.0023
254PRV_se0_ag2_m_03229.9743Mm-hm.230.5105
255PRV_int_01230.5758<laugh>231.1307
257 231.5504That is so /?/.232.2778 
258PRV_se0_ag2_m_03232.2311Yup.232.6695
259PRV_int_01234.4309And you just235.1117
261 235.2609kind of235.8251 
263 237.0981had always kind of- It sounds like everyone was real close knit. It's240.7480 
265 240.8878[/inaudible/.]242.2401 
266PRV_se0_ag2_m_03240.8925[Mm-hm.]241.4521
268 242.2354We are.242.8369 
269PRV_int_01243.0468Yeah?243.4664
270PRV_se0_ag2_m_03243.9980Mm-hm.244.5296
271PRV_int_01246.0299/Do you do, um-/246.6174
273 247.2049some-247.6432 
275 248.2494so uh, how long you been at the current job that you're in?251.2896 
276PRV_se0_ag2_m_03252.1196Um, this September'll make four years.254.2121
277PRV_int_01254.5385Oh, okay.255.1727
278PRV_se0_ag2_m_03255.8488Mm-hm.256.3384
279PRV_int_01256.6788/And did you like it?/257.7397
280PRV_se0_ag2_m_03258.6267It's- Yeah, it's okay. It's a job for right now.261.0235
281PRV_int_01261.2100Okay.261.7462
283 262.3291Are there any other things you get into? Hobbies or264.6372 
285 265.2096stuff like that?265.9463 
287 268.5575/Never/.269.0145 
289 269.3129You a sports fan?270.4320 
290PRV_se0_ag2_m_03270.4169No. I don't- No.271.8997
291PRV_int_01271.9370Nah? (laughing)272.5572
292PRV_se0_ag2_m_03273.5737Just laid back.274.4037
293PRV_int_01274.8746Yup.275.2477
294PRV_se0_ag2_f_01275.2570<laugh>275.8772
296 276.2957[Cooking out. <laugh>]277.3168 
297PRV_int_01276.2957[Going fishing or] anything [like that?]278.2681
298PRV_se0_ag2_f_01277.6153[Cooking out.]278.1515
299PRV_se0_ag2_m_03278.2494No, I don't care for any of that.279.9607
300PRV_se0_ag2_f_01279.7928Cooking [on the grill.]280.7114
301PRV_int_01280.0726[Hm.]280.3710
302PRV_se0_ag2_m_03281.1078I enjoy cooking on the grill and [cleaning cars.] Um,283.9183
303PRV_int_01282.6361[Yeah.]282.9531
304PRV_se0_ag2_m_03284.1422that's about it.284.6551
305PRV_int_01284.8976Okay.285.3778
307 285.6716You got a, uh, what kind of car do you-287.2317 
309 287.4855you got?287.8911 
310PRV_se0_ag2_m_03288.0637<ts> I have a ninety four pickup truck.289.8577
311PRV_int_01289.9883Oh, okay.290.3986
313 292.1239Do you work on cars or?293.4995 
314PRV_se0_ag2_m_03293.5134No,293.9459
316 294.0579just washing 'em.294.8599 
318 295.0884I mean, clean 'em. You know.296.1841 
319PRV_int_01296.4686Kay.296.7157
321 298.6461What-298.8513 
323 299.0938Now you can talk too.300.0777 
324PRV_se0_ag2_f_01300.3982Okay.300.7806
325PRV_int_01300.9578What kind of person is he?302.1841
327 302.7810[Tell me-]303.0608 
328PRV_se0_ag2_f_01302.7856[Is] he?303.3359
329PRV_int_01303.4618Yeah, tell me about him.304.4456
331 304.8513No, no. You keep the microphone on.306.6640 
333 306.7666You can talk.307.3028 
335 307.9090[So he just went /over there/.]308.7717 
336PRV_se0_ag2_f_01308.4826[He-]308.7110
337 309.2379um,309.6791
339 309.8861in Princeville, we were pretty much311.5274 
341 312.2455a close knit family because my mom was a single parent,315.2801 
342PRV_se0_ag2_m_03315.3965Uh-huh.315.7928
343PRV_se0_ag2_f_01315.7276so it was seven of us that she was raising on her own, so318.7993
344 319.2376we were kind of separated from the community cause my s- my mom was like strict.323.1886
345PRV_int_01323.2756Yeah.323.6627
346PRV_se0_ag2_f_01323.7466So we didn't get into a lot things. We wasn't into a lot of activities because my mama worked and we had to stay home.329.2251
347PRV_int_01329.2197Uh-huh.329.6284
348PRV_se0_ag2_f_01330.1010And stay in the house until she returned from work.332.6924
349PRV_int_01332.7437Yeah.333.1167
350PRV_se0_ag2_f_01333.3825So by the time she got off work, there was about a hour or so [before] it got dark and we had to be back in the house [so]339.1214
351PRV_int_01336.5055[Uh-huh.]336.8226
353 338.8976[Yeah.]339.1121 
354PRV_se0_ag2_f_01339.6250I found that in Princeville I can say341.5088
356 342.5008we became close because343.7039 
358 343.9930we was like set apart from other families.346.0260 
359PRV_int_01346.0773Yeah.346.4083
360PRV_se0_ag2_f_01346.6275And my mom was stern and strict and348.8366
362 349.2651we didn't have to worry about kids all over the house and stuff because she- she didn't have- she [didn't allow] that, so.353.4202 
363PRV_int_01352.6042[Yeah.]352.8093
365 353.2663Uh-huh.353.7046 
366PRV_se0_ag2_f_01353.9191Thats why we are close- My family and I, we are very close [knitted.]356.4779
367PRV_int_01356.1935[Okay.]356.7717
368 357.0742Okay.357.4704
369PRV_se0_ag2_f_01357.5172Cause we only had each other.358.7902
370PRV_int_01358.9802Yeah.359.2833
371PRV_se0_ag2_f_01359.2553Mm-hm.359.7776
372PRV_int_01360.2205So what's-360.5283
374 360.6262What is /RD-NAME-2/ like?361.4142 
375PRV_se0_ag2_f_01362.9343/RD-NAME-1/ is363.9217
377 364.8123a really nice person.366.1459 
378PRV_int_01366.3837Yeah.366.7055
379PRV_se0_ag2_f_01366.7381Um,367.1764
381 367.3769in the community, when he had a ch- chance, he was- he raked yards, a lot of older people [yards.]371.4651 
382PRV_int_01371.2134[Yeah.]371.5491
383PRV_se0_ag2_f_01372.1086And372.6215
385 373.9738try to keep up with me everywhere I went.375.8296 
386PRV_int_01376.1327<laugh>376.6550
387PRV_se0_ag2_f_01376.6398<laugh>377.0408
388PRV_int_01378.3931Yeah.378.7801
389PRV_se0_ag2_f_01378.9480So we was the kind of youngest ones so380.9716
391 381.3913all the older kids382.5617 
393 382.8450was kind of jealous of us because we w- were the last two and we was close,386.2302 
394PRV_int_01386.3608Mm.386.7245
395PRV_se0_ag2_f_01386.7292and my mom-387.3260
397 387.4892think it was getting better388.6270 
399 388.7517for my mom when we was coming along, [so.]390.9593 
400PRV_int_01390.8640[Yeah.]391.1065
401PRV_se0_ag2_f_01391.7220Um, the older kids used to fight us and stuff so we had to stick together and fight395.4612
403 395.6470together.396.2485 
404PRV_int_01396.2439Uh-huh.396.7754
405PRV_se0_ag2_f_01397.5914[But uh], I can say398.7711
406PRV_int_01397.7220[Just-]398.0111
407PRV_se0_ag2_f_01399.2141that Princeville was a-400.3612
409 400.8683was a start, and-401.8568 
411 402.0713But my mom always told us to si- stick together,404.8831 
412PRV_int_01405.1349Mm-hm.405.4473
413PRV_se0_ag2_f_01405.4333and405.8296
414 406.5337you know, be concerned about one another. So we did that, [so that's-] that's far as I remember about Princeville.411.3680
415PRV_int_01408.9992[Okay.]409.6707
416 411.5918Was she hard to keep up with?412.8648
417PRV_se0_ag2_m_03414.2532Every day.414.9060
418PRV_se0_ag2_f_01414.8967[<laugh>]417.4752
419PRV_int_01415.1671[<laugh>]416.2069
421 417.3027You ever hear any stories about418.4545 
422 418.9382keeping up with her?419.8428
424 420.0014Back in the day?420.7754 
425PRV_se0_ag2_m_03422.6359No, she kept up with me going. I played marbles, she was right there. Ba- When I play basketball, she was there, you know, [so.]428.5100
426PRV_int_01428.2769[Yeah.]428.5753
427 430.4486Getting in trouble?431.2413
428PRV_se0_ag2_m_03432.4024Not [really.]433.1158
429PRV_int_01432.9480[<laugh>]433.6334
430PRV_se0_ag2_m_03433.3956[Not] really.433.9272
431PRV_int_01434.2536/?/434.4914
433 434.8563You guys keep each other out of trouble?436.3461 
434PRV_se0_ag2_m_03436.2854Mm-hm.436.9103
435PRV_int_01437.2273Mm-hm.437.6330
436PRV_se0_ag2_f_01438.3650I was tomboyish439.6054
437PRV_int_01440.0018[Yeah.]440.3142
438PRV_se0_ag2_f_01440.1137[because] I wanted to do everything he-441.8296
439 442.0022he442.2073
441 442.8396done.443.3768 
442PRV_int_01443.4045Okay.444.0014
443PRV_se0_ag2_f_01444.5376So I played basketball and played marbles and stuff just447.9555
445 448.2213because he was448.8357 
447 449.0875my friend because we knew450.3744 
449 451.0132um,451.3303 
451 451.9924what time they leave- When he left, [then] I had to leave with him. We stuck together, so456.3231 
453 457.0086that as good.457.6457 
454PRV_int_01457.9785Yeah.458.3142
456 459.9823That's cool.460.6958 
458 461.2833But did you- do you guys all went to school together and everything463.9738 
460 464.4820and464.8924 
462 465.9648so that was-466.5381 
464 466.8590she's kind of tomboy- she would468.4863 
466 468.7335kind of follow you around?469.8712 
467PRV_se0_ag2_m_03470.1723Yup.470.5893
468PRV_int_01470.9210[<laugh>]472.6829
469PRV_se0_ag2_f_01471.4340[<laugh>]471.8152
470PRV_int_01473.4372So473.7542
472 473.9827some point you had to kind of475.2091 
474 475.7360separate yourself if you wanna go hang out or something? <laugh>478.5337 
475PRV_se0_ag2_m_03479.0128Yup.479.4745
476PRV_int_01481.7686Is there anything else you remember about483.3773
478 483.7270growing up at that time or?485.0500 
479PRV_se0_ag2_m_03488.0158I can't [think of] anything.489.5125
480PRV_int_01488.6686[Wa-]488.8831
481 489.5172Wasn't a lot of stories- A lot of people say there wasn't a lot of like492.2951
483 492.9480playgrounds or anything like that.494.5520 
484PRV_se0_ag2_m_03495.1349We had several but it wasn't that many,497.4838
486 497.6377same thing to do day in and day out.499.4609 
487PRV_int_01499.5168Mm-hm.500.0158
489 500.8084Some of-501.1675 
491 501.2841Some of the younger folks said they had like a-503.0500 
493 504.1226<ts>504.3418 
495 504.5936church clubs or like,505.8432 
497 506.0764different506.4827 
499 506.6359like, or- little- little- little organizations, things to do- Was it that kind of stuff back when you were younger?511.6987 
500PRV_se0_ag2_f_01512.9903I don't remember any.514.1327
501PRV_int_01514.4580Really?514.7098
502PRV_se0_ag2_f_01515.1667No.515.6563
504 515.7589<laugh> Because (laughing)517.1904 
506 517.6381we remember like Sunday School,519.5359 
508 520.0348Vacational Bible Study.521.6843 
510 522.5796That's the only place we was allowed to go524.6219 
512 524.8644because my mama worked all the time,526.8088 
513PRV_int_01527.0268Yeah.527.3672
514PRV_se0_ag2_f_01527.3859and we-527.7123
516 527.8102we- uh, the older kids were responsible for us, so we really could not go anywhere.532.1262 
517PRV_int_01532.4545Yeah.532.7669
518PRV_se0_ag2_f_01532.6911Like I- As I said before, my mama was very strict on us,535.1112
519 535.5681and the people in the street thought my mom was mean,537.9928
520PRV_int_01538.2610/Really/?538.6678
521PRV_se0_ag2_f_01538.6398but today we appreciate it because540.3278
522 540.6542none of us541.1811
524 541.5821to God be the Glory th- not on drugs or never-543.7410 
526 544.1141My mom had seven kids, never been in jail, [so]546.3324 
527PRV_int_01546.1739[/Yeah./]546.4723
528PRV_se0_ag2_f_01546.6962we count that a blessing.547.6474
529PRV_int_01547.8852Yeah.548.2209
530PRV_se0_ag2_f_01548.5613[So.]548.8364
531PRV_int_01548.5613[/Okay./]548.9250
532 549.2095Yeah.549.5125
534 550.3612So she kept-551.0500 
536 551.7169she kept everybody in line?553.1531 
537PRV_se0_ag2_f_01553.2464Mm-hm.553.9551
539 554.2023[Yes.]554.8831 
540PRV_int_01554.3608[<laugh>]554.8924
541PRV_se0_ag2_f_01555.4752<laugh>555.9322
542PRV_int_01556.1829You never got out of line?557.2273
544 557.5258/RD-NAME-2/557.8941 
545PRV_se0_ag2_m_03557.9081At times.558.5749
546PRV_se0_ag2_f_01558.5796[Yeah.]558.9480
547PRV_int_01558.5936[<laugh>]559.3350
548PRV_se0_ag2_f_01559.1624[But] [she] knew how to put him back in line.561.0742
549PRV_se0_ag2_m_03559.4189[/?/]559.5821
550 561.1442<laugh>561.5965
551PRV_se0_ag2_f_01561.6559[<laugh>]563.5491
552PRV_se0_ag2_m_03561.9124[<laugh>]562.4253
553PRV_int_01562.5232[<laugh>]563.4245
554 563.9035You ever remember- you got any stories about565.6940
556 565.8945maybe when you got in trouble?567.1488 
558 567.7166Doing anything at the time- a particular time?569.8615 
559PRV_se0_ag2_f_01573.0649I have a story for you.574.4265
560PRV_int_01574.4953<laugh>575.2320
561PRV_se0_ag2_f_01576.0433When he was576.6029
563 576.7101younger,577.3210 
565 577.9924he stole my mom car. [<laugh>]584.3608 
566PRV_int_01579.6478[Oh <laugh>]581.0500
567PRV_se0_ag2_m_03581.7309[What a <laugh>]582.9013
569 583.9598[/She just-/]584.2302 
570PRV_se0_ag2_f_01584.8831We were beginning to worry. It was-585.9322
572 586.1793It started working.586.9021 
574 587.2880And he stole my mom car, and I always would take up for him.590.2676 
575PRV_int_01590.3002Uh-huh.590.7385
576PRV_se0_ag2_f_01590.8084He hit a-591.3633
578 591.6384a parked eighteen wheeler.593.1667 
579PRV_int_01593.2320<laugh>593.7356
580PRV_se0_ag2_f_01593.9408<laugh> So595.1671
582 595.5262he had um, my older brother to put it in the shop,598.2027 
583PRV_int_01598.2726Uh-huh.598.6083
584PRV_se0_ag2_f_01598.7144So he told my mama, I put it in the shop to get it serviced.601.3443
585PRV_int_01601.4842<laugh>602.7012
586PRV_se0_ag2_f_01602.8131So I had to end up paying for a car604.4871
587PRV_int_01604.5512Uh-huh.604.9056
588PRV_se0_ag2_f_01604.8310that /I a-/. So my mom said, thanks for putting my car in the shop.607.8059
589 608.4074Something he had done.609.2001
590PRV_se0_ag2_m_03609.2514That's-609.6478
591PRV_se0_ag2_f_01609.8856[<laugh>]613.5262
592PRV_int_01610.0290[/Inaudible/ Do you remember that?]611.3299
594 611.8755[Do you remember that?]612.6728 
596 612.8454[<laugh>]613.5401 
597PRV_se0_ag2_m_03613.5728Yeah.614.1090
599 614.2489<laugh>614.4867 
600PRV_int_01614.6406[What?]614.9110
601PRV_se0_ag2_m_03614.6732[<laugh>]615.5079
602PRV_int_01615.0463[What /?/?]615.5265
603PRV_se0_ag2_f_01615.4986Bad.[<laugh>]616.9487
604PRV_int_01616.1922[I wanna- I wanna] hear the story from him.617.9548
605PRV_se0_ag2_m_03617.8428I don't wanna [talk about it.]619.3565
606PRV_se0_ag2_f_01618.8407[<laugh>]620.9903
607PRV_int_01619.0039[<laugh> /inaudible/]621.0043
608 621.1395You plead the fifth.622.0534
609PRV_se0_ag2_f_01622.1549[<laugh>]622.5186
610PRV_int_01622.1793[<laugh>]622.7016
611PRV_se0_ag2_m_03622.6911I don't even wanna talk about that.624.1926
612PRV_int_01624.2392<laugh>624.8500
613PRV_se0_ag2_m_03624.9946Sure don't.625.6008
614PRV_int_01625.8619Was there a lot of- lot of adventures like that? Well you could tell on her. Didn't she get in trouble?630.2205
615PRV_se0_ag2_m_03630.7241You wouldn't- You don't want to sit here til [tomorrow.]632.7945
616PRV_se0_ag2_f_01632.6126[<laugh>]634.6550
617PRV_int_01632.9204[<laugh>]635.1994
618PRV_se0_ag2_f_01635.3486I got in trouble because I was the youngest.638.1137
620 638.4308So I got a- l- away with a lot of things, so641.0268 
622 641.4698my main-641.9734 
624 642.2112main thing was staying out. My mom said644.3981 
626 644.8364as we got older we could645.9928 
628 646.3787come in at twelve o'clock.647.5398 
630 647.6843I don't wanna come in648.5609 
632 648.7195at twelve.649.3816 
633PRV_int_01649.3769Mm-hm.649.7919
634PRV_se0_ag2_f_01649.7733So I come in at one,650.9204
635 651.2887and651.4473
637 651.6478I would always go to his window so he could open the door655.0248 
638PRV_int_01655.0785Mm-hm.655.5774
639PRV_se0_ag2_f_01655.7267for me, and656.4261
641 656.5333my mama would whoop him because657.9229 
643 658.1420he opened the door for me. She wanted me to come through the front door.660.5096 
644PRV_int_01660.6589[Mm-hm.]661.3070
645PRV_se0_ag2_f_01660.9013[<laugh> So I would] go to the back door so she wouldn't know what time I got in.663.8436
646PRV_int_01663.9077Uh-huh.664.2761
647PRV_se0_ag2_f_01664.4859So he kind of kept me out of trouble a lot.666.3698
648PRV_int_01666.4071Okay.666.9246
650 667.2091<laugh>667.7360 
652 668.2489So-668.4634 
654 668.8691That's good, that's good. You guys are close.671.1527 
655PRV_se0_ag2_f_01671.1667We-671.3579
656PRV_int_01671.3486W-671.5631
657PRV_se0_ag2_f_01672.3884Just like it.673.1158
658PRV_int_01673.1531Yeah.673.5495
659PRV_se0_ag2_f_01673.5728<laugh>674.3515
660PRV_int_01674.5147Closer than most of your brothers and sisters.676.4171
662 676.8543Yeah.677.2087 
663PRV_se0_ag2_f_01677.4139Yes.678.2765
664PRV_int_01678.3278Yeah.678.6402
665PRV_se0_ag2_f_01679.0226Mm-hm.679.5821
666PRV_int_01679.6334So now what's- what are the names of the uh, other681.7830
668 682.1094brothers and sisters?682.9994 
669PRV_se0_ag2_f_01684.7497Okay my oldest brother is named /RD-NAME-4/.687.8156
670PRV_int_01687.9602Right.688.3379
671PRV_se0_ag2_f_01688.4533The next one is name /RD-NAME-1/- My sister- older sister is /RD-NAME-4/.692.0670
673 692.5333Then I have a sister named /RD-NAME-4/.694.7004 
674PRV_int_01694.9755Uh-huh.695.4185
675PRV_se0_ag2_f_01695.5631I have a sister named /RD-NAME-4/.697.7173
677 698.6779I have another brother named /RD-NAME-2/.701.2227 
679 702.1739And then it's /RD-NAME-3/703.7686 
681 704.0624and704.3002 
683 704.8458/RD-NAME-3/.705.7877 
684PRV_int_01705.9322/Dorothy/.706.4871
685PRV_se0_ag2_f_01706.4067So it's seven of us.707.3369
686PRV_int_01707.2134Oh wow.707.7082
687 707.9128Okay.708.2466
688PRV_se0_ag2_f_01708.5376Mm-hm.709.1391
689PRV_se0_ag2_m_03709.1531You didn't call /RD-NAME-3/.710.5660
691 710.8644[Yes you did.]711.5825 
692PRV_se0_ag2_f_01711.0183[/RD-NAME-4/], I [think.]712.0814
693PRV_se0_ag2_m_03711.8343[Yes you] did.712.4078
694PRV_int_01712.3694Mm.712.6725
695 713.9548Um,714.3651
697 715.2091ask him a question.716.2349 
699 717.0043[<laugh>]717.6524 
700PRV_se0_ag2_f_01717.1722[Okay.]717.6478
701 717.9975Um,718.5104
702PRV_int_01719.8941/unintelligible/720.4910
703PRV_se0_ag2_f_01720.5982I wanna know if there-721.5961
705 721.7220there are anything in life that you would change,724.2166 
707 724.6725what would you change about your childhood?727.0125 
708PRV_se0_ag2_m_03733.0832/I don't wanna- Hold up./734.0111
710 738.4630I don't know how to answer that one.739.7546 
711PRV_se0_ag2_f_01740.2163Hm?740.4820
712PRV_se0_ag2_m_03741.6245I don't have my answer for that.742.7529
713PRV_int_01746.3515Um,746.7292
715 747.8296well actually, you know what? I think cause you said /ten minutes/ /RD-NAME-2/, but you could probably mic her up.752.5333 
717 752.7991We could then /??/ her.754.0954 
718PRV_se0_ag2_m_03754.4311Okay, [good. /It's alright./]755.6470
719PRV_int_01754.8703[<laugh>] I know some people just around microphones.757.8721
720PRV_se0_ag2_f_01757.7369[/What's that-/]758.0866
721PRV_se0_ag2_m_03757.9607[I'm] not.758.5715
722PRV_int_01759.0378[It's not- not] the microphones [/unintelligible/.]761.7283
723PRV_se0_ag2_f_01759.1637[Stay here and wait.]759.9471
724PRV_se0_ag2_m_03761.4345[I'm doing] something outside.762.5676
725PRV_int_01762.7495[<laugh>]763.9092
726PRV_se0_ag2_m_03763.6156[/Move./]764.0866
727PRV_se0_ag2_f_01765.0005[He /coming/.]765.9611
728PRV_se0_ag2_m_03765.2714[/It's different than ??/.]766.3807
729PRV_se0_ag2_f_01767.0149[He /coming/.]767.8169
730PRV_int_01767.0242[You put in some work], man. Thanks a lot.768.6189
731PRV_se0_ag2_m_03768.7588Okay.769.2344
732PRV_int_01769.1960See you.769.6389
733PRV_se0_ag2_f_01769.8581He crazy.770.5062
734PRV_int_01770.5482<laugh>771.3689
735PRV_se0_ag2_f_01771.3456[<laugh>]775.9092
736PRV_se0_ag2_m_03771.6207[Don't tell my father on me. Okay?]773.4205
737PRV_int_01773.4205[<laugh>]774.0360
739 774.2552[<laugh>]775.9092 
740PRV_se0_ag2_m_03776.0726[/unintelligible/]778.0651
741PRV_int_01777.7419[Okay. <laugh>]779.4159
742PRV_se0_ag2_f_01777.7512[<laugh>]779.9148
743PRV_int_01780.4697Mm-hm.780.8381
745 781.5876Um,781.9747 
747 782.5202so you were saying you-783.4062 
749 783.5321sounded like uh,784.3574 
751 784.4833you and your brother really tight when you were growing up?786.5536 
752PRV_se0_ag2_f_01786.8416Well my whole family is because like I said we had-789.5274
754 790.3434My mom,790.8144 
756 790.9403we kind of had to stick together.792.4464 
757PRV_int_01792.5769Yeah.792.9080
758PRV_se0_ag2_f_01792.8660And793.1365
759 793.5923I think that our family was a bit- family was set aside and796.7118
761 797.2527people thought that my mom didn't want us to-799.0059 
763 799.4349to799.7508 
765 799.8488play with other kids and stuff, so we would labor in-802.2175 
767 802.3527in our community,803.2014 
768PRV_int_01803.4439/Well/ yes.803.8449
769PRV_se0_ag2_f_01804.0174that we thought we was better than everybody and-806.1099
770PRV_se0_ag2_m_03805.9438/??/806.3384
771PRV_se0_ag2_f_01806.5902And we come to the street, we'll be beat up, you [know, and stuff] like that. So we went through a whole lot of stuff.810.8008
772PRV_int_01808.7398[/Whoa./]809.0802
773PRV_se0_ag2_f_01811.4349But811.7742
775 811.8814um,812.3990 
777 812.5529I just thank God because813.8585 
779 814.5439um, a lot of things that was out there,816.4277 
781 816.5630my mama just was determined that she wont gonna let us get involved, [so.]819.6440 
782PRV_int_01819.4854[Oh.]819.6813
783 820.1616Okay.820.5579
784PRV_se0_ag2_f_01820.5066And we thought she was mean and,821.7889
785PRV_int_01822.1526<laugh>822.4744
786PRV_se0_ag2_f_01822.6504my sister and I and my brother had planned to kill her. [<laugh>]827.6397
787PRV_int_01825.3316[Oh, that's not good. <laugh>]827.6397
788 828.1200<laugh>828.9360
789PRV_se0_ag2_f_01828.9686So829.3556
791 829.5736you know, now- now- Yeah, as we got older, we appreciated it,832.7491 
792PRV_int_01832.7631Yeah.833.0941
793PRV_se0_ag2_f_01832.9822so.833.3133
794PRV_int_01833.4159Okay.833.9381
796 834.2645[/Played it/] so.835.1019 
797PRV_se0_ag2_f_01834.2925[Mm-hm.]834.7821
798PRV_int_01836.1285What did your mother do? Was she-837.9844
800 838.4227did she work, or? It sounds like you guys had a little bit more than-841.9092 
802 842.3524just-842.6741 
804 843.1124[/So/]843.4155 
805PRV_se0_ag2_f_01843.2057<laugh>843.4295
806PRV_int_01843.6580/unintelligible/.844.2408
807PRV_se0_ag2_f_01844.2735My mother used to work- she um, worked846.6329
809 846.7914in um-847.3044 
811 847.7742<ts>847.8861 
813 848.4783at housekeeping, and she raised a- a tur- um- uh- young man name um,853.1038 
815 853.4617/RD-NAME-4/ was a- which is an attorney right now.856.2595 
816PRV_int_01856.4833[Okay.]856.8703
817PRV_se0_ag2_f_01856.7491[So] the family that she worked for858.8800
818 859.2997pretty much took care of us,860.7300
819PRV_int_01860.8140[Oh], okay.861.6300
820PRV_se0_ag2_f_01860.8746[you know?]861.2010
821 861.6999And I remember862.7444
823 863.1874um, by mom having so many kids, and my dad was around,866.0866 
825 866.4223but he didn't stay with us.867.5461 
826PRV_int_01867.6999Okay.868.0590
827PRV_se0_ag2_f_01868.0776And he done a wonderful job with us too, but he just didn't stay with my mom.870.9686
828PRV_int_01871.0945Mkay.871.5235
829PRV_se0_ag2_f_01871.5037We never wanted for anything. Um,873.6440
830 874.0823we use what we had,875.2154
832 875.3226[I'll say] that.875.9894 
833PRV_int_01875.3273[Mm.]875.7330
834PRV_se0_ag2_f_01876.6842And877.2333
836 877.4524um, one year,878.5389 
838 879.1264um,879.8118 
840 881.1827/RD-NAME-2/ that owned a construction company in Tarboro884.0120 
841PRV_int_01884.0586Mm-hm.884.5062
842PRV_se0_ag2_f_01884.6554um, which was one of the best part of our life.886.7351
844 886.8237Um,887.1967 
846 887.7889he came, and888.5909 
848 888.7635he888.9267 
850 889.0526nominated my mom to be890.3617 
852 890.5389the family that he will take care of for that particular season.893.3226 
853PRV_int_01893.3553Oh, [okay.]894.0040
854PRV_se0_ag2_f_01893.8216[And he] brought us a lot of stuff, and-895.6354
855 896.0399and you know, I never forgotten it. Even897.6813
857 897.8771over-898.1429 
859 898.2921after the years passed as I got older,900.7075 
860PRV_int_01900.7028Mm-hm.901.1132
861PRV_se0_ag2_f_01901.1178I went back to thank him for it.902.5529
862PRV_int_01902.6321Okay.903.0191
863PRV_se0_ag2_f_01903.0611S- [You know, as] a child, you remember little stuff like that.905.2853
864PRV_int_01903.2150[/Now-/]903.5600
865 905.3599Yeah, what was his name again?906.7215
866PRV_se0_ag2_f_01906.7448Um,907.3137
868 907.7928only thing I know is /RD-NAME-2/.909.2336 
870 909.5834I forgot his-910.0870 
872 910.4134his real name, but he own /RD-NAME-2/ Construction [Company.]913.2437 
873PRV_int_01912.7681[Oh, okay.] Yeah.913.6587
874PRV_se0_ag2_f_01913.6483Mm-hm, in here and Tarboro.914.9212
875PRV_int_01914.8979Oh, okay.915.5367
876PRV_se0_ag2_f_01915.6766Mm-hm.916.1755
877PRV_int_01918.2272So-918.4977
879 918.6702so okay.919.2531 
881 919.4011So-919.6576 
883 920.2218so you had some people kind of looking out for you.922.4367 
884PRV_se0_ag2_f_01922.5999[Yes.]923.2713
885PRV_int_01922.8050[Looking out.]923.3226
886 923.8262Hm.924.0780
888 924.3811What- what else do you remember about926.1658 
890 926.3897the um-926.8000 
892 927.1357growing up in Princeville and928.6418 
894 929.0848that- Any stories that you remember about that little time?931.8907 
896 932.5902Any of you got the /?/?933.9984 
897PRV_se0_ag2_f_01939.3549I kind of drew strength941.1408
899 941.4625from the town of Princeville because943.4909 
901 944.2498we was to me, a town that had been forgotten.946.8330 
902PRV_int_01947.0102Okay.947.4905
903PRV_se0_ag2_f_01947.5744And I didn't wanna stay there.949.0246
904PRV_int_01949.2566Oh, okay.949.8441
905PRV_se0_ag2_f_01950.0073You know, [I didn't wanna] stay there at all.951.6253
906PRV_int_01950.4829[Mm-hm.]950.7151
907PRV_se0_ag2_f_01952.0636You know I was a952.6558
909 953.0475type of kid that just sit around and-954.5583 
911 954.6935and dreamed a lot.955.6401 
912PRV_int_01955.8581Yeah, okay.956.6088
913PRV_se0_ag2_f_01956.6508So it was like,957.6673
915 958.0123when I got958.6838 
917 959.0055to a certain age, I wanted to work and take care of my family.962.0353 
918PRV_int_01962.1239Mm-hm.962.5249
919PRV_se0_ag2_f_01962.5668And that's what I done.963.8771
920PRV_int_01963.9984[Mkay.]964.5346
921PRV_se0_ag2_f_01964.1616[You know], um,965.0755
922 965.7516when I graduated from high school, I went to /RD-SCHOOL-7/,968.8653
923PRV_int_01969.0145Mkay.969.3456
924PRV_se0_ag2_f_01969.3595and received um,970.5859
926 970.8563a degree in cosmetologist,972.6609 
928 973.3125and as I began to work and God began to bless my bus-976.4880 
930 976.8744business- I was working978.0127 
932 978.5070at um-978.9546 
934 979.1213for /RD-WORK-3/?980.1518 
935PRV_int_01980.1192Mm?980.4689
936PRV_se0_ag2_f_01980.4689Over in town in Princeville.981.8352
937PRV_int_01981.7372Oh, okay.982.2362
938PRV_se0_ag2_f_01982.3900And so then I kind of983.5371
940 983.7936moved my family up.985.0292 
941PRV_int_01985.1167Mm-hm.985.5317
942PRV_se0_ag2_f_01985.4338Um,985.9933
943 986.4036got my mother another house,988.0217
944PRV_int_01988.3248[/??/]988.7771
945PRV_se0_ag2_f_01988.6465[a] new car,989.6444
946PRV_int_01989.9848[Wow.]990.3624
947PRV_se0_ag2_f_01990.1246[and then I] start to helping my sisters and my brother992.5249
948PRV_int_01992.6741[Okay.]993.1450
949PRV_se0_ag2_f_01992.9259[have some] values and stuff,994.2455
950PRV_int_01994.2595Okay.994.6885
951PRV_se0_ag2_f_01994.6745so.994.9682
952PRV_int_01995.4159So [you really-]996.0221
953PRV_se0_ag2_f_01995.4951[It's what it been like.]996.1526
954PRV_int_01996.1946Yeah, ma-996.6562
956 996.8147made a997.3277 
958 997.5410pretty good success with your- with your business [when you came-] came [back here.]1001.1081 
959PRV_se0_ag2_f_01999.7186[Yes.]1000.1849
961 1000.6278[Mm-hm.]1001.0382 
962 1001.4718Mm-hm.1001.9101
964 1002.7774So that was- that was kind of the turning point1004.6927 
966 1005.2803for the family. You know, we had a lot of dreams and stuff, but not the money and stuff.1009.4676 
968 1009.8208You know,1010.2404 
970 1010.3943um,1010.7907 
972 1011.8538and that's what I often tell the kids and stuff,1013.8379 
974 1014.0500some people are victim of circumstances, and1016.2824 
976 1016.7440some people decide and stay,1018.1569 
978 1018.2968but it's whatever your mindset is.1020.1899 
979PRV_int_011020.3345Okay.1020.7401
981 1021.0432Yeah.1021.3836 
983 1022.0959So it- So it- It sounds like you carried on your-1024.8750 
985 1025.2573your mother's tradition of1026.5816 
987 1027.1551looking out for the younger people [and]1029.0471 
988PRV_se0_ag2_f_011029.1684Yeah.1029.5227
989PRV_int_011029.5087making sure [they have] what they [need.]1031.1548
990PRV_se0_ag2_f_011030.1429[Yup.]1030.5206
992 1030.8843[Mm-hm.]1031.4066 
993 1032.5536And as I began to work I- Every summer, I would-1035.0145
995 1035.6533like um,1036.3761 
997 1036.7631charter a bus and take the kids to-1038.9220 
999 1039.4163You know, the kids in the /communipy/- community because I want them to see1042.3900 
1001 1043.0568not only bad part of life. [You know, so]1045.4209 
1002PRV_int_011044.5769[Mm-hm.]1045.2904
1003PRV_se0_ag2_f_011045.6809that was my- that was-1046.4922
1005 1046.8000that was my heart to1047.9377 
1007 1048.2175let them see something different,1049.8216 
1008PRV_int_011049.9708[Yeah.]1050.3065
1009PRV_se0_ag2_f_011050.1713[you know?]1050.5303
1010PRV_int_011050.7122Yeah.1051.0822
1011PRV_se0_ag2_f_011051.2717But kids and stuff, we was labor in school because we stayed in Princeville.1055.9141
1012PRV_int_011055.8216[Mm-hm.]1056.3531
1013PRV_se0_ag2_f_011056.1293[We were] treated different.1057.2904
1014PRV_int_011057.4851Really? Yeah, okay.1058.5202
1015PRV_se0_ag2_f_011058.6927You know, and sometime only thing it takes1060.6185
1017 1060.9543is a encouragement. You can make it.1062.6702 
1018PRV_int_011062.7868Mm-hm.1063.1038
1019PRV_se0_ag2_f_011063.0899But they kind of pushed u- us aside because1065.5352
1020 1065.8491we stayed in the area1067.0522
1022 1067.5931that wasn't1068.1666 
1024 1068.5583uh, what they thought it should be.1069.8115 
1025PRV_int_011069.8115[Oh, okay.]1070.4398
1026PRV_se0_ag2_f_011069.9793[I'll say that,]1070.5855
1027 1070.6741so.1070.9539
1028PRV_int_011070.8373Okay.1071.2709
1029 1071.7093So the kids1072.2362
1031 1072.8330growing up- If you came from Princeville and you went to school in Tarboro-1075.8919 
1032PRV_se0_ag2_f_011075.9607You was labeled.1076.6788
1033PRV_int_011076.6554Yeah, [/inaudible/.] So that made things a little bit harder.1079.2247
1034PRV_se0_ag2_f_011077.0798[Mm-hm.]1077.6440
1035 1079.4998Yeah it made thing harder but I was always- was a1082.1052
1037 1082.7067um, had a1083.3438 
1039 1083.5367strong mindset1084.7211 
1040PRV_int_011084.7677Mm-hm.1085.2200
1042 1085.4159Okay.1085.7469 
1043PRV_se0_ag2_f_011085.7190that I was gonna make it one day, [you know?]1087.4536
1044PRV_int_011087.1272[Yeah.]1087.4862
1045PRV_se0_ag2_f_011087.9700So um,1088.8513
1047 1089.8305and even now, in1090.9496 
1049 1091.3832you know um,1092.3391 
1051 1092.5210how God had blessed my business and everything, I always go back1095.2570 
1053 1095.8445um,1096.5113 
1055 1096.7584I remember1097.5138 
1057 1097.5977going back and getting a little boy that was-1099.2857 
1059 1099.5550his mom and stuff was on drugs and stuff and I raised him1102.0170 
1061 1102.4273for about thirteen years [until he] got older, and1105.1178 
1062PRV_int_011103.8589[Wow.]1104.1713
1064 1105.0607[Okay.]1105.4198 
1065PRV_se0_ag2_f_011105.2799[that's] what I like. That's-1106.1472
1066 1106.2591That's my life.1107.0145
1067PRV_int_011107.0984Yeah.1107.4062
1068PRV_se0_ag2_f_011107.4388You know, reaching back1108.3574
1070 1108.5066um,1108.9776 
1072 1109.5325into the community and doing little things and stuff.1111.9094 
1074 1112.3477Even now,1112.9166 
1076 1113.0704Princeville is a little better,1114.6885 
1077PRV_int_011114.7911Mm-hm.1115.2107
1078PRV_se0_ag2_f_011115.4812but if you don't have the mindset, you don't have the motivation-1118.6554
1080 1119.4528And kids and stuff don't have the motivation for-1121.5185 
1082 1121.9428for-1122.2366 
1084 1122.3485from their parents,1123.2997 
1086 1123.6063they really don't even get it from the teachers1125.3036 
1087PRV_int_011125.3316Mm-hm.1125.8025
1088PRV_se0_ag2_f_011125.7093because they label us.1126.8983
1089PRV_int_011127.0242Yeah.1127.3506
1091 1127.7330/Huh./1128.0454 
1092PRV_se0_ag2_f_011128.2366And it's been like that, and it still is like that,1130.1565
1094 1130.2451you [know, so.]1130.8186 
1095PRV_int_011130.3337[Uh-huh.]1130.8140
1096 1131.4435So people in Princeville kind of got to look out for /us/.1133.8355
1097PRV_se0_ag2_f_011133.9894Mm-hm.1134.3438
1099 1134.5385We look out for each other.1135.6343 
1100PRV_int_011135.6716Yeah.1135.9513
1102 1136.3570[Mm.]1136.8420 
1103PRV_se0_ag2_f_011136.3663[Mm-hm.]1136.8653
1104PRV_int_011137.6067Um,1137.9797
1106 1139.9008think I lost my train of thought there.1141.4069 
1108 1141.8627Uh,1142.3337 
1110 1143.3829what's um-1144.1942 
1112 1145.3366<ts>1145.4905 
1114 1146.0873What kind of influences did you have of people-1148.4218 
1116 1148.7161Or I guess uh, obviously your mother. Was there any other strong influences or1152.2925 
1118 1152.6795people that you remember growing up that1154.2684 
1120 1155.0984kind of uh,1155.9004 
1122 1157.4112helped you along?1158.1200 
1123PRV_se0_ag2_f_011158.9173I had a teacher.1159.9092
1125 1160.2078Um,1160.8093 
1127 1161.6580name wa- was /RD-NAME-3/1163.5884 
1129 1164.1992um,1164.8381 
1131 1165.0421that kind of motivated me1166.5621 
1133 1167.1264and kind of1167.7979 
1135 1168.1802um, something would say stuff that she really didn't know1171.1085 
1137 1171.3545that impacted my life.1172.6368 
1138PRV_int_011172.8746Huh.1173.1497
1139PRV_se0_ag2_f_011173.1777And I kept those thoughts in my mind, and I prayed a lot because my grandmother1177.3556
1141 1177.8814w- was always told us, you know, to1179.8864 
1143 1180.0450think more of ourselves and stuff, and it kind of stuck with me.1182.6889 
1145 1183.3871But um,1184.3151 
1147 1185.1077the most influence-1186.3947 
1149 1186.4973person that influenced me more in my life1188.3904 
1151 1188.8101I think was my pastor.1190.1006 
1152PRV_int_011190.1985Really?1190.5715
1153PRV_se0_ag2_f_011190.5855Mm-hm.1190.9772
1154PRV_int_011191.3316Do- What church do you1192.1336
1156 1192.2781go to?1192.6885 
1157PRV_se0_ag2_f_011192.8983/RD-CHURCH-4/- /RD-CHURCH-5/ in Macclesfield, North Carolina.1196.0586
1158PRV_int_011196.2311Oh, okay.1196.7534
1159PRV_se0_ag2_f_011196.6974[Mm-hm.]1197.1357
1160PRV_int_011196.9865[Okay.] And- and how did you-1198.9123
1161 1199.1921When did you start going there? How did you get involved in church?1201.7042
1162PRV_se0_ag2_f_011202.0166Well um,1202.9072
1164 1203.6953at a young- When I was in school,1205.3086 
1166 1205.6164I was dating /RD-NAME-2/,1206.8381 
1167PRV_int_011206.8940Okay.1207.1691
1168PRV_se0_ag2_f_011207.1505and /RD-NAME-2/1207.7893
1169 1208.0073dad is a minister.1209.2989
1170PRV_int_011209.4248Oh, [okay.]1209.9284
1171PRV_se0_ag2_f_011209.7839[So] when I dated1210.5532
1172 1210.9030/RD-NAME-2/,1211.4998
1174 1211.7889then I got1212.3578 
1176 1212.4557to go to1212.9406 
1178 1213.2344church with him and his mom and his dad,1214.8793 
1179PRV_int_011214.8793Mkay.1215.2476
1180PRV_se0_ag2_f_011215.2803and that's when I really found hope-1216.5113
1182 1216.6791hope and stuff,1217.4718 
1183PRV_int_011217.5231Okay.1217.9428
1184PRV_se0_ag2_f_011218.0594so.1218.4231
1185PRV_int_011218.5956That was the first time you had been1220.0260
1187 1220.1425kind of1220.5249 
1189 1220.8140exposed to church and-1222.1476 
1191 1222.6605or like1223.0941 
1193 1223.8076really got into it?1224.5863 
1194PRV_se0_ag2_f_011224.9686Well my mom had always taken us to Sunday school and church, but I-1228.7537
1196 1229.1921I was1229.6630 
1198 1229.7889um, kind of,1230.7122 
1200 1231.5970<ts>1231.6995 
1202 1231.7742um,1232.3477 
1204 1234.2932Didn't really wanna go to Sunday school because people would look at us different because we didn't dress1238.7577 
1206 1239.0704like other people dressed.1240.3833 
1207PRV_int_011240.3854Mm-hm.1240.9030
1208PRV_se0_ag2_f_011240.9822Or- And my mom always1242.3112
1210 1242.5303was- We would like switch clothes around, but they- we were always clean, so my mom says, it's not what you have-1247.9708 
1212 1248.4557And then1248.7728 
1214 1249.0572young- When I was younger I had a attitude,1251.1917 
1215PRV_int_011251.2150Mm.1251.5461
1216PRV_se0_ag2_f_011251.5507but it was a attitude1252.6698
1218 1253.1221that not really people- letting people know the hurt and stuff that they would say or do to me.1256.7813 
1219PRV_int_011256.7860Mm-hm.1257.3689
1220PRV_se0_ag2_f_011257.3549So it was1257.9377
1221 1258.3621until I got of- of age, did I-1260.5303
1223 1260.7308I1261.0199 
1225 1261.2188begin to motivate myself and feel good about myself.1263.6859 
1226PRV_int_011263.7232Mkay.1264.1354
1227PRV_se0_ag2_f_011264.1476Mm-hm.1264.5672
1228PRV_int_011264.6372And church was a big part of that?1265.8868
1229PRV_se0_ag2_f_011265.9241Church was a real big part of it cause that's where I found1269.0844
1231 1269.4994who I was1270.2828 
1232PRV_int_011270.2688[Yeah, /inaudible/.]1271.2760
1233PRV_se0_ag2_f_011270.4740[you know, in church and stuff], so [I'll say that.]1272.1060
1234PRV_int_011271.5884[How old were you] then?1272.4557
1235 1272.5956When you started getting involved in church?1274.0498
1236PRV_se0_ag2_f_011274.1705I say about1274.9969
1238 1275.4668eighteen.1276.1989 
1239PRV_int_011276.3387Okay.1276.7118
1240PRV_se0_ag2_f_011276.6931About eighteen. [Mm-hm.]1278.1806
1241PRV_int_011277.6537[And how did] that- I mean, what do you remember about that time of-1280.1145
1242 1281.5367How did that come about in terms of1283.3926
1244 1284.1060just realizing, okay,1285.4955 
1246 1285.7648this is where I need to be.1286.9166 
1247PRV_se0_ag2_f_011287.4295[Okay], um,1288.4367
1248PRV_int_011287.4948[/Inaudible/]1287.9238
1249PRV_se0_ag2_f_011290.2832I was in church one Sunday,1292.0057
1251 1292.3570and I went with his /RD-NAME-2/ and his father to church, and1294.5999 
1253 1295.1221I just liked the-1295.7703 
1255 1296.5536He would al-1297.1318 
1257 1297.2379always talk about renewing your mind and-1299.6067 
1259 1299.9797and your mind plays a big part of how you feel and how you feel about yourself, and1303.5142 
1261 1303.8954he begin to say that whatever you ask God, He'll give it to you.1307.0195 
1263 1307.4439So1307.8216 
1265 1308.5070I began to exercise that. [You know, I began] to pray, and I began to-1312.2035 
1266PRV_int_011310.2917[Mm-hm.]1310.7487
1267PRV_se0_ag2_f_011312.5020and the- and then it was at one point,1314.2366
1269 1314.8369I really didn't know who I was, and I would say, God, you know, all this hurt and pain,1318.3854 
1271 1318.7537and this attitude,1319.7842 
1273 1319.9241I knew it come from1321.0386 
1274PRV_se0_ag2_m_031321.0239/?/1321.4398
1275PRV_se0_ag2_f_011321.4897the resentment I had from other peo-1323.1544
1277 1323.3922for other people.1324.3667 
1278PRV_int_011324.4320Mm-hm.1324.7864
1279PRV_se0_ag2_f_011324.6791So I asked God to kind of1325.7283
1280 1326.1526give me some love and- and I wanna treat people better because this is not- really wasn't me.1330.5952
1281PRV_int_011330.7911Mm-hm.1331.1582
1282PRV_se0_ag2_f_011331.6537So um,1332.4930
1284 1333.8907and I was drawn to people1335.3176 
1286 1335.6113that- who I was. You know, you give off-1337.6397 
1288 1337.7656you get what you give off.1338.8178 
1290 1339.0199So I began to1339.8406 
1292 1340.1006feel good about myself and1341.4481 
1294 1341.9890feel-1342.3714 
1296 1342.5299Or you know, feel good about other people th-1344.0780 
1298 1344.2552people and I-1344.9966 
1300 1346.8559I just-1347.5554 
1302 1348.3843Life start to falling in place for me.1350.2459 
1303PRV_int_011350.3158Yeah.1350.6515
1304PRV_se0_ag2_f_011350.7821Mm-hm.1351.2251
1305PRV_int_011352.3057So,1352.6415
1307 1354.4740so religion is big part of your life?1356.2692 
1308PRV_se0_ag2_f_011356.3671It's uh- it's the foundation of my life.1359.1917
1310 1359.6207It means the whole world- I could not even live without it1363.4116 
1311PRV_int_011363.5037Yeah.1363.8907
1312PRV_se0_ag2_f_011364.0120because there-1364.8326
1314 1364.9352that's when God- That's1366.2455 
1316 1366.6325a point of my life when God made me whole and complete.1369.0059 
1318 1370.1798Mm-hm.1370.7440 
1319PRV_int_011370.7487/And that for you/1371.3082
1321 1371.8538seems like you are able to incorporate that into everything you do?1374.3811 
1322PRV_se0_ag2_f_011374.4650Everything. I seek Him for anything.1376.7114
1324 1376.8420You know, sometime you can't1378.0077 
1326 1378.4134talk to your friends, and sometime1380.0221 
1328 1380.2878some things you1381.1365 
1330 1381.2939don't wanna tell people how you feeling,1383.1264 
1332 1383.5088and you can go to God and ask God for strength and ask God for directions and stuff,1387.9001 
1334 1388.3151and He just been my everything. And I- And I began to1390.8050 
1336 1391.1967uh, depend on Him wholeheartedly, [so.]1393.1225 
1337PRV_int_011392.8835[/Wow./]1393.1260
1338 1393.5270Mm.1393.7835
1339PRV_se0_ag2_f_011393.7742Mm-hm.1394.2638
1340PRV_int_011394.7300Really1395.0145
1342 1395.2057sounds like1395.7046 
1344 1395.8631/inaudible/1396.5532 
1346 1397.0009/that kind of thing that had a important influence for you/.1399.1831 
1347PRV_se0_ag2_f_011399.4851For the kids, [mm-hm.]1400.5529
1348PRV_int_011400.1938[For the] kids.1400.8606
1349PRV_se0_ag2_f_011401.1684Mm-hm.1401.5787
1350PRV_int_011401.8305Tell me a little bit about that. Like,1403.4345
1352 1403.5604why does that /?/-1404.4708 
1354 1405.3172How does that help you to-1406.4363 
1356 1406.7254to- or-1407.4388 
1358 1407.7139How is-1408.3108 
1360 1408.4507Does that-1408.8563 
1362 1410.0687What- what role does religion play in your life,1412.3430 
1364 1412.6181and how do you1413.0565 
1366 1413.2010how do you /inaudible/?1415.1781 
1368 1415.2300/inaudible/.1416.9422 
1369PRV_se0_ag2_f_011417.4815Okay.1417.9092
1371 1418.0679In raising1419.1171 
1373 1419.2803my kids, m-1420.1056 
1375 1420.2315a lot of my sisters and brother1421.5791 
1377 1421.9941are not in church, and1423.3417 
1379 1423.6436I al- I always wanted to be the one that1426.2921 
1381 1426.9169<ts>1426.9962 
1383 1427.0941um,1427.4998 
1385 1427.6350made a difference in their lives. So I knew in order to make a difference in their life,1431.1963 
1387 1431.5414I had to live a certain kind of way. I couldn't1433.5325 
1389 1433.8635conduct myself in a bad manner1435.5188 
1391 1435.8301and witness to them at the same time.1437.5740 
1392PRV_int_011437.6347Uh-huh.1437.9377
1393PRV_se0_ag2_f_011437.9937So it was like,1438.8097
1395 1438.9682um,1439.4159 
1397 1439.6397I would pray to God and ask God to bless 'em and-1441.7508 
1399 1442.0959and- and um, let them be saved, and God told me to walk more clearly1445.4812 
1401 1445.7190before them. I place you here in this family1447.8394 
1403 1448.1379to walk more clearly, and so I was the one that always obeyed-1450.8423 
1405 1451.2154You know, they would come to be about anything. You can make it, you know.1453.7147 
1407 1454.0166Pray about it first, and ask God, you know.1455.5740 
1409 1455.8631Stop1456.1662 
1411 1456.3294looking for other avenues1457.8962 
1413 1458.1666to seek peace in, because1459.6354 
1415 1459.9793everybody1460.6321 
1417 1460.9166that1461.1637 
1419 1461.3409think- that you think of-1462.2595 
1421 1462.3527for you, is not for you, so1463.9647 
1423 1464.2751that- that plays a1465.0805 
1425 1465.2950big part.1466.0324 
1427 1466.4036Because like I say, sometime you can't1468.5903 
1429 1468.9263tell people how you really feeling.1470.5443 
1430PRV_int_011470.5863Mm-hm.1470.9593
1431PRV_se0_ag2_f_011471.5550And- and- and I- I wanted to be a light, so I couldn't1474.4926
1433 1474.8330be sad and1475.7516 
1435 1476.0221dump my burdens on them, and they was going through something, too, so.1479.0984 
1436PRV_int_011479.1917Yeah.1479.5461
1437PRV_se0_ag2_f_011479.5834God kind of lightened my load, so I was a-1481.5884
1439 1481.9801kind of, the one that lightened their loads.1483.8639 
1440PRV_int_011483.8161Okay.1484.2451
1441PRV_se0_ag2_f_011484.3244Mm-hm.1484.6508
1442PRV_int_011485.0751[Wow.]1485.3549
1443PRV_se0_ag2_f_011485.2150[Cause] my nieces and nephews, I-1486.7957
1444 1487.2900I wanted them to be raised like we was raised.1489.8115
1445PRV_int_011489.8861Mm-hm.1490.2777
1446PRV_se0_ag2_f_011490.2824W- I'm firm with my daughter, and1492.0170
1448 1492.3154it's- it's a certain thing that she know I'm not gonna1494.3391 
1450 1494.5816put up with1495.1178 
1452 1495.5130with her friends, certain friends and stuff she had.1497.1917 
1454 1497.4948So,1497.8398 
1456 1498.1056then you have to train 'em up.1499.4392 
1457PRV_int_011499.5698Mm-hm.1499.9568
1458PRV_se0_ag2_f_011500.0640Where if you want something,1501.1551
1460 1501.3452you can't hang with anybody that want anything.1503.3922 
1461PRV_int_011503.4015Mm-hm.1503.8725
1462PRV_se0_ag2_f_011503.9284You can't1504.3341
1464 1504.4600stay out all night and1505.8029 
1466 1506.0034sing. Cause we have a gospel group and-1507.6576 
1468 1507.9420and I let them know that1508.9072 
1470 1509.1684people are watching your lifestyle, and y- if you1511.4112 
1472 1511.6770respect, /for/ then you earn respect.1513.2531 
1473PRV_int_011513.2799Mm-hm.1513.6529
1475 1513.8208Mm.1514.0493 
1476PRV_se0_ag2_f_011514.0539So all of my nieces and nephew, we are very close.1516.6278
1477PRV_int_011516.7957Yeah.1517.1081
1478PRV_se0_ag2_f_011517.1734Mm-hm.1517.6630
1479PRV_int_011517.8822They- they sound like they1518.9686
1481 1519.3696really taken to it? That [gos-] that gospel group.1521.8818 
1482PRV_se0_ag2_f_011520.5855[Mm-hm.]1521.0005
1483 1522.4740Yup.1522.8610
1484PRV_int_011523.1221I bet you're pretty proud of them.1524.5070
1485PRV_se0_ag2_f_011524.3438<ts>1524.4371
1486 1524.5117I'm very proud of 'em. And we have to motivate our kids and stuff.1527.7537
1488 1527.9984And so you hear so much-1529.1314 
1490 1529.3821See we grew up in /negatism/.1530.9173 
1492 1530.9919Everything1531.6587 
1494 1532.0772um-1532.5995 
1496 1532.7254When I1533.0611 
1498 1533.4854first got my salon, I was about1535.3273 
1500 1536.2645twenty. And I said, ma, I said, I wanna1538.0120 
1502 1538.4083open up my- I was working with this lady, and I was giving her forty percent of everything that I made.1542.8940 
1503PRV_int_011542.9348Oh wow.1543.4897
1504PRV_se0_ag2_f_011543.5130So it was like I was giving her1545.0798
1506 1545.1777like,1545.5181 
1508 1545.7606six or seven hundred dollars a week.1547.4159 
1509PRV_int_011547.4672Mm.1547.7982
1510PRV_se0_ag2_f_011547.8962And I said, well Ma I wanna open my own business,1550.1705
1512 1550.6135and she said, well baby,1551.3176 
1514 1551.4341it's hard out here and you would never make it.1553.1548 
1516 1553.5185And that kind of hurt me,1554.6515 
1518 1554.9302so I wanted prove to her1556.4270 
1520 1556.7114that I could make it. So I just-1558.2921 
1522 1558.6092When I opened my salon, my first salon,1560.5443 
1524 1560.8567no one knew about it. I just stepped right out on faith,1563.1824 
1525PRV_int_011563.3535Oh wow.1563.7232
1526PRV_se0_ag2_f_011563.6859and God began to bless it, so1565.0055
1527 1565.2480I stayed at1565.7609
1529 1565.8962over in this salon about fifteen years.1567.9092 
1530PRV_int_011568.0306Okay.1568.4456
1531PRV_se0_ag2_f_011568.5202Mm-hm.1568.9585
1532PRV_int_011569.2336So that was- You were twenty.1570.4273
1533PRV_se0_ag2_f_011570.7164I was about twenty- About twenty years old. [Mm-hm.]1573.0852
1534PRV_int_011572.7914[And you] opened your own [salon?]1574.1285
1535PRV_se0_ag2_f_011573.9747[My] own salon.1574.7953
1536PRV_int_011574.8513And out of your house?1575.5554
1537PRV_se0_ag2_f_011575.9051Uh-uh. I opened- I- I got a business1578.0454
1539 1578.4091right1578.7122 
1541 1578.8334um,1579.1318 
1543 1579.3370in downtown Prince- right1581.0565 
1545 1581.2150in the heart of [Princeville.]1582.2918 
1546PRV_int_011582.0310[Where] Bridger's Store [is?]1583.2387
1547PRV_se0_ag2_f_011582.9449[Bridger's] Store is. I s-1583.9475
1548 1584.2319the- the store-1585.0572
1550 1585.4104the uh, building he b- had behind there h- stayed there for fifteen [years.]1588.7351 
1551PRV_int_011588.5859[Wow.]1588.8890
1552PRV_se0_ag2_f_011589.2480[Mm-hm.]1589.6444
1553PRV_int_011589.3739[Okay.]1589.8542
1554 1590.1013And you just kind of-1590.8754
1556 1591.5410just up and decided to do it, huh?1593.3082 
1557PRV_se0_ag2_f_011593.2609Yes, and I never1594.3597
1558 1594.7911uh, entertained a lot of gospel-1596.8194
1560 1597.0339gossip1597.5515 
1561PRV_int_011598.1006[Mm-hm.]1598.4689
1562PRV_se0_ag2_f_011598.1192[and stuff.] I always wanted to be the one that set apart1600.3201
1563PRV_int_011600.3527Mm-hm.1600.7398
1564PRV_se0_ag2_f_011600.8004because I knew if I wanted to1602.1806
1566 1602.6096own a business in Princeville, I couldn't be- have friends and1605.3362 
1568 1605.6160I couldn't hang out.1606.5532 
1570 1606.7864My mindset was to one day own my business, cause I knew1609.8779 
1572 1610.1565if I stayed in the street-1611.3409 
1574 1611.5507I had never been a person to drink, smoke /nor like/.1613.6071 
1576 1613.9008Cause I always been1614.7588 
1578 1615.6296strong-willed, and I always wanted to do something. I said, I don't want my family to stay here.1619.3926 
1579PRV_int_011619.5185Mm-hm.1619.9428
1580PRV_se0_ag2_f_011619.8262So I feel it in my heart that God had chosen me1622.1425
1581 1622.5668to move my family1623.8305
1583 1623.9937in the realm that he wanted them to be in, [so.]1625.9008 
1584PRV_int_011625.5231[Okay.]1626.0238
1585PRV_se0_ag2_f_011626.3438I knew I had to1627.0759
1587 1627.3498do the right thing and- and1628.8186 
1589 1629.1777He's been blessing me.1630.1820 
1590PRV_int_011630.2548Mm, yeah.1630.6512
1591PRV_se0_ag2_f_011631.9708For twenty four years, I've been self employed for twenty four years.1635.1497
1592PRV_int_011635.1730Right.1635.5414
1594 1636.2595So Mis- Uh, Mister /RD-NAME-2/ helped you with that /one/?1638.6655 
1596 1638.8381[At first?]1639.3417 
1597PRV_se0_ag2_f_011639.1085[Mr.] /RD-NAME-2/1639.9092
1598 1640.0073w- was a um- I say my foundation because when I went to him I told him what I wanted to do,1645.0013
1600 1645.5608and he said, if you serious about this situation,1648.3545 
1602 1648.8610then1649.4159 
1604 1649.5604we could come w- to agreement.1651.0199 
1605PRV_int_011651.2099Mm-hm.1651.5690
1606PRV_se0_ag2_f_011652.4223So he kind of set1653.4854
1608 1653.9704my rent so I could afford it.1655.7096 
1609PRV_int_011655.7936Mm-hm.1656.1526
1610PRV_se0_ag2_f_011656.2039Him and his wife gave me a chance.1657.8581
1611PRV_int_011657.8394Wow.1658.2777
1612PRV_se0_ag2_f_011658.2871And I went back about1659.4854
1614 1661.0335two years ago1661.9288 
1616 1662.0827and presented them a plaque of thank you1663.7042 
1617PRV_int_011663.7182Oh, [okay.]1664.2824
1618PRV_se0_ag2_f_011663.8814[cause they gave] me my first start.1665.2663
1619PRV_int_011665.2197Oh nice.1665.8640
1620PRV_se0_ag2_f_011665.8818Mm-hm.1666.3248
1621PRV_int_011666.3434Nice.1666.6791
1623 1667.4718I bet he's a-1667.9288 
1625 1668.0780Mister /RD-NAME-2/ kind of sounds like he's1669.9092 
1627 1670.6461really1670.9445 
1629 1671.3362a big part of, you know, helping people in Princeville.1673.8262 
1630PRV_se0_ag2_f_011674.5816W-1674.7868
1631PRV_int_011674.8008/He gets- getting started./1676.0912
1632PRV_se0_ag2_f_011676.3897He's-1676.8699
1634 1676.9445he's a person that would help you1678.7771 
1635PRV_int_011678.9076Mm-hm.1679.3553
1636PRV_se0_ag2_f_011679.4112but1679.7749
1638 1680.4883in Princeville, he had a bad name because1682.7394 
1640 1683.1497when people are not where they supposed to be,1685.2807 
1641PRV_int_011685.3972Mm-hm.1685.7469
1642PRV_se0_ag2_f_011685.7563then they label you.1687.0665
1643PRV_int_011687.1598Okay.1687.6634
1644PRV_se0_ag2_f_011687.7602You know what I'm saying? I'm saying he was a type of person1689.4155
1646 1689.6953in Princeville that they labeled1690.9123 
1647PRV_int_011691.1035Oh [really?]1691.5744
1648PRV_se0_ag2_f_011691.2946[because] he had his own little shop there.1693.2950
1649PRV_int_011693.3592Oh, [okay.]1693.9747
1650PRV_se0_ag2_f_011693.7881And said, well he- he's nothing but a Jew. He stole the money.1696.5672
1651 1696.7677[That's because] that's not where they supposed to be.1698.8381
1652PRV_int_011696.8843[Oh.]1697.2947
1654 1698.8334Yeah.1699.3556 
1655PRV_se0_ag2_f_011699.3790So you begin to think things in your heart. When you don't really know1702.2640
1657 1703.0289a person's business,1704.1759 
1658PRV_int_011704.2832Yeah.1704.6096
1659PRV_se0_ag2_f_011704.7576then, you begin to1706.0819
1661 1706.2964assume-1707.0331 
1662PRV_int_011707.0425Mm-hm.1707.5088
1663PRV_se0_ag2_f_011707.7372well how did he get this point?1708.9356
1664PRV_int_011709.0522Yeah.1709.4019
1665PRV_se0_ag2_f_011709.4205To this point, so.1710.3112
1666PRV_int_011711.0386So a little bit of jealousy.1712.2871
1667PRV_se0_ag2_f_011712.2824Yeah.1712.5715
1668PRV_int_011712.7067[Yeah.]1713.0471
1669PRV_se0_ag2_f_011712.8746[So I] didn't- I didn't listen- I didn't even ask any-1715.0428
1670 1715.3133I never ask anybody opinion when I'm getting ready to do [something.]1718.1612
1671PRV_int_011717.9653[Yeah.]1718.3430
1672PRV_se0_ag2_f_011718.4922Cause by the time you get all these opinion,1720.3014
1674 1720.5999you'd be1721.0195 
1676 1721.1268more messed up than you was from the beginning, [right]?1723.1132 
1677PRV_int_011722.7899[Yeah.] [Yeah.]1723.4303
1678PRV_se0_ag2_f_011723.2717[So. <laugh>]1725.5554
1679PRV_int_011723.8161[<laugh> Exactly.]1725.2896
1681 1725.4621That's probably- That's a good point.1727.1408 
1682PRV_se0_ag2_f_011727.2667Yeah.1727.6630
1683PRV_int_011727.6350[<laugh>]1728.2505
1684PRV_se0_ag2_f_011727.9475[<laugh>]1730.0726
1685PRV_int_011730.9166So you-1731.3829
1687 1731.5088so the business is going well, huh?1733.0382 
1688PRV_se0_ag2_f_011733.0708My business is doing wonderful.1734.6469
1689PRV_int_011734.8054Yeah?1735.1365
1690PRV_se0_ag2_f_011735.3032Yeah God is blessing that we'll open- I'll be opening up another salon within two weeks1739.4439
1692 1739.9195with four opera- four more [operators.]1741.8033 
1693PRV_int_011741.6494[Wow.]1741.9933
1694PRV_se0_ag2_f_011742.1192Mm-hm.1742.5156
1695PRV_int_011742.5016How many people do you have working?1743.9471
1696PRV_se0_ag2_f_011743.9284Five, got [five] operators here.1745.8589
1697PRV_int_011744.6885[/Wow./]1745.0102
1698 1746.2785/What kind-/1746.7541
1700 1747.2286What-1747.5970 
1701PRV_se0_ag2_f_011747.7742G-1748.0399
1703 1748.1612I-1748.3943 
1705 1748.5575In on-1748.9119 
1707 1749.1404In nineteen eighty eight, I had two salons, and I was dealing wi- with about1753.1738 
1709 1753.7555thirteen operators.1755.3129 
1710PRV_int_011755.3968Okay.1755.8729
1711PRV_se0_ag2_f_011756.1942And I was kind of burnt out between the two salons so I closed one and moved to a larger salon.1760.8233
1712PRV_int_011761.0471How old- so eighty eight, you would been- How old were you?1763.5931
1713PRV_se0_ag2_f_011763.7236In eighty eight- Lord, let me see. [<laugh>]1765.7555
1714PRV_int_011765.1225[<laugh>]1765.6914
1715PRV_se0_ag2_f_011766.3430I was about- I know I was about twenty-1768.7631
1716PRV_int_011770.0687You [had the business-]1770.7075
1717PRV_se0_ag2_f_011770.1433[probably about] twenty five or twenty six, something [like that.]1772.8801
1718PRV_int_011772.3897[So you hadn't] been in business too long when you had already1774.5439
1719 1774.8237grown?1775.1361
1720PRV_se0_ag2_f_011775.5744[Mm-hm, two salon.]1776.5909
1721PRV_int_011775.7050[Now you started when you were] twenty.1777.0899
1722PRV_se0_ag2_f_011777.2297Mm-hm.1777.7054
1723PRV_int_011777.6436By the time you were like, twenty five, twenty six-1779.7232
1724PRV_se0_ag2_f_011779.7559I had two [salons.]1780.8050
1725PRV_int_011780.4880[You had] two salons and thirteen employees.1782.8474
1726PRV_se0_ag2_f_011782.7401Mm-hm.1783.1365
1727PRV_int_011783.7648/Used/ a little too much?1785.1497
1728PRV_se0_ag2_f_011785.2057<laugh> [It was a little too] [much.] <laugh>1788.0920
1729PRV_int_011785.4621[<laugh>]1786.2222
1731 1786.8657[<laugh>]1787.2247 
1732 1788.1526You had to slow down.1788.9873
1733PRV_se0_ag2_f_011788.9861Yeah, I had to slow down because I had kind of left my foundation of-1792.1336
1734 1793.0988of trust in God and-1794.4277
1736 1794.5350and I had start believing in myself and-1796.2638 
1738 1796.6508and1797.1031 
1740 1797.6067that's already-1798.2175 
1742 1798.3341is a defeat, [so I say] that,1799.8495 
1743PRV_int_011799.1781[Yeah.]1799.5884
1744PRV_se0_ag2_f_011800.0081[so.]1800.2878
1745PRV_int_011800.0267[Yeah.]1800.3904
1746 1800.5944Okay.1801.1773
1748 1801.9560So you- so,1803.0471 
1750 1803.6533and so then you-1804.6278 
1752 1804.7677you slowed down and just had the one [store?]1806.9686 
1753PRV_se0_ag2_f_011806.3764[Mm-hm.]1806.9780
1754PRV_int_011807.2706So this one store was-1808.0726
1756 1808.3011it was the one behind /RD-NAME-2/?1809.3316 
1757PRV_se0_ag2_f_011809.9564No the one store I moved1811.1128
1759 1811.2527up there,1811.9801 
1761 1812.2319downtown1813.0852 
1763 1813.5643behind Popeyes.1814.7207 
1764PRV_int_011814.8933Mm-hm.1815.3829
1765PRV_se0_ag2_f_011815.3689It's right on that corner, had a salon right there1817.6490
1766PRV_int_011817.7003Okay.1818.1759
1767PRV_se0_ag2_f_011818.3438with about seven operators.1820.0633
1768PRV_int_011820.2451Okay.1820.7347
1769PRV_se0_ag2_f_011820.8186[Mm-hm.]1821.2943
1770PRV_int_011820.9772[And that-] So1821.6253
1771 1822.1009you were downtown1823.0848
1773 1823.4345in-1823.6444 
1775 1823.8076in Princeville.1824.5909 
1776PRV_se0_ag2_f_011824.7028Mm-hm.1825.1412
1777PRV_int_011825.0980And then eighty eight, you moved over [near the] Popeyes. [Okay.]1828.0590
1778PRV_se0_ag2_f_011826.3477[Mm-hm.]1826.7487
1780 1827.6906[Mm-hm.]1828.0939 
1781PRV_int_011828.4926Mkay.1828.9403
1783 1829.7190So what- what do you do here? What are all the-1832.0399 
1785 1832.2638just the things1832.9772 
1787 1833.1824like, hair, nails? All that kind of stuff?1835.3693 
1788PRV_se0_ag2_f_011835.3739Well, here,1836.3391
1790 1836.4650I'm the owner here,1837.5049 
1791PRV_int_011837.7975Right.1838.1332
1792PRV_se0_ag2_f_011838.1425but1838.7394
1794 1839.0098um,1839.4715 
1796 1839.6859my co-workers,1840.7071 
1798 1841.1408um- We work together real good. I thank God for that.1843.8581 
1799PRV_int_011843.9047Mm-hm.1844.3244
1800PRV_se0_ag2_f_011844.3244I have a coworker that does braids.1846.3621
1801 1847.3693Um, she specialize in braids.1849.0572
1802PRV_int_011849.1225Mkay.1849.4909
1803PRV_se0_ag2_f_011849.4571I have a coworker that does nails. She does pedicures.1852.8983
1804 1853.1454She do-1853.5045
1805PRV_se0_ag2_m_031853.6817[You wanna walk over?]1854.5583
1806PRV_se0_ag2_f_011853.6863[does hair.]1854.4510
1807 1855.1598But-1855.5655
1809 1856.6088call me later. (whispered)1857.3689 
1810PRV_se0_ag2_m_031857.8118She'll- She'll call you back later.1858.8517
1811PRV_se0_ag2_f_011858.8470Um,1859.3786
1812PRV_se0_ag2_m_031859.7936Yeah.1860.1200
1813PRV_se0_ag2_f_011860.7495and I mainly just do-1862.3710
1815 1862.7767I like older clients.1864.1802 
1816PRV_int_011864.2735Mm-hm. [<laugh>]1865.1175
1817PRV_se0_ag2_f_011864.5066[<laugh>]1865.5511
1818 1865.9475I do most of the older clients.1867.5550
1819PRV_int_011867.5130Yeah?1867.7508
1820PRV_se0_ag2_f_011867.7648I like- I don't like the young gener- I don't like the young1870.1522
1822 1870.8004um,1871.3180 
1824 1871.6071clients here.1872.4930 
1825PRV_int_011872.5490No?1872.8054
1826PRV_se0_ag2_f_011873.2624[Mm-mm.]1873.7660
1827PRV_int_011873.3871[/Well/] you think you get along better the older clients?1876.1662
1828PRV_se0_ag2_f_011876.0543<ts>1876.1616
1829 1877.2154The older clients are1878.6655
1831 1879.2810uh, it's more stability in the older [client.] The younger1882.1709 
1832PRV_int_011881.2430[Yeah.]1881.6253
1833PRV_se0_ag2_f_011882.3341clientele,1882.9776
1835 1883.4066they do a lot of shop hopping, what we call shop hoppers.1886.1324 
1836PRV_int_011886.0446Okay.1886.5482
1837PRV_se0_ag2_f_011886.5762So I pretty much like to know1888.1336
1839 1888.6512um, about how much money I'm gonna [make, and-]1890.6982 
1840PRV_int_011890.1526[Yeah.]1890.7914
1841PRV_se0_ag2_f_011890.8940and- and I don't have to worry about I'll pay you half now, and a [little later.]1894.0693
1842PRV_int_011893.4528[<laugh>]1894.1149
1843PRV_se0_ag2_f_011894.3854<laugh>1894.7584
1844PRV_int_011894.7398Mm.1895.0988
1845PRV_se0_ag2_f_011895.0382Most of my clienteles are-1896.6236
1846 1896.7355are um,1897.6028
1848 1899.2265professional people, I say.1900.6978 
1849PRV_int_011900.6978Okay.1901.2434
1850PRV_se0_ag2_f_011901.1967Mm-hm.1901.7003
1851PRV_int_011901.6164And they're more stable- regular [customers?] Yeah, okay.1904.7161
1852PRV_se0_ag2_f_011903.0059[Yes.]1903.7695
1853PRV_int_011904.9119[<laugh>]1906.2641
1854PRV_se0_ag2_f_011904.9166[<laugh>]1906.5952
1855PRV_int_011906.8890<laugh>1907.2900
1856PRV_se0_ag2_f_011907.4485So.1907.8262
1857PRV_int_011909.0339So are you-1909.5651
1859 1909.6856So okay, so the business is growing every day.1912.0683 
1860PRV_se0_ag2_f_011912.4600Every day.1913.0149
1861PRV_int_011913.1781Yeah?1913.5278
1862PRV_se0_ag2_f_011913.7190Mm-hm.1914.1806
1863PRV_int_011914.1992And y-1914.5816
1865 1914.7588Do you train1915.4206 
1867 1915.6483the people that come to work for you or do you just recruit 'em from different schools?1918.9076 
1868PRV_se0_ag2_f_011919.4858No, I really like1920.5210
1870 1920.7401um,1921.1971 
1872 1921.4244the hairdressers that already have-1923.2010 
1874 1923.5834I don't recruit1924.2315 
1876 1924.3947um,1924.9216 
1878 1927.2531the kids from school. I taught at /RD-SCHOOL-3/ for about two [years.]1930.3807 
1879PRV_int_011930.1802[Really?]1930.4833
1880PRV_se0_ag2_f_011930.5532Mm-hm.1930.9216
1882 1931.0055My um-1931.6957 
1884 1932.2645When I graduated from /RD-SCHOOL-3/,1933.7462 
1886 1933.8767my1934.2218 
1888 1934.3710um, teacher and I got along very well, and I was one of the top students in her class.1938.6609 
1889PRV_int_011938.7262Mm-hm.1939.1458
1890PRV_se0_ag2_f_011939.3778And um,1940.1332
1892 1940.2731she got sick1941.0425 
1893PRV_int_011941.2103Mkay.1941.6160
1894PRV_se0_ag2_f_011941.6207with cancer. Her name was /RD-NAME-5/,1944.1992
1896 1944.4091<ts>1944.4837 
1898 1944.8287and they asked me to come1946.6415 
1900 1946.7860when- during the time when she was taking treatments and stuff.1948.8796 
1901PRV_int_011948.9076Yeah.1949.2107
1902PRV_se0_ag2_f_011949.5744And um,1950.4790
1904 1950.8369to help them out.1951.7415 
1906 1951.8488So I did for about two years,1953.4761 
1907PRV_int_011953.5927Mkay.1953.9890
1908PRV_se0_ag2_f_011954.0030and they wanted me to come out of my salon- I still had a salon operating, but it w-1957.8208
1910 1958.0959They didn't wanna pay me the salary that I was making in my salon, and I didn't want-1961.2713 
1912 1961.7096I didn't wanna do that.1962.5256 
1913PRV_int_011962.6515Okay.1963.0479