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1DCB_int_010.501Um, and your birthday?1.984
2DCB_se3_ag4_f_022.575January fourteenth, nineteen sixty one.4.92
3DCB_int_016.865And where were you born?8.035
4DCB_se3_ag4_f_028.332Washington DC.9.372
5DCB_int_0110.729What neighborhood do you- did you grow up in?12.678
6DCB_se3_ag4_f_0213.135Southeast Washington.14.5
8 14.724Hillcrest.15.437 
9DCB_int_0117.722And how many years have you lived in the District?19.76
10DCB_se3_ag4_f_0220.869Mm,21.974
12 26.556uh, that would be excluding- Only-28.482 
14 28.608The only time that I lived29.951 
16 30.324elsewhere was when I was in college and law school.32.687 
18 33.288So34.048 
20 35.442um,36.356 
21DCB_int_0136.044[What's that], seven [years?]37.042
22DCB_se3_ag4_f_0236.557[That would] be-37.476
23 38.138Well38.527
25 39.204uh, only- I went away to college really for like a semester so,42.729 
27 44.356uh,44.855 
29 46.319let me see. I was away maybe a total of five years so50.264 
31 51.377I-52.3 
33 55.196I don't know. God, what? Forty years?57.312 
35 57.615Maybe forty years, I've lived?59.289 
37 60.445I'm not really doing the math well, but.62.189 
38DCB_int_0164.337And what other places-65.424
40 65.624So when you went to school- did you live?67.601 
41DCB_se3_ag4_f_0267.783Boston and New Orleans.69.47
42DCB_int_0176.039And where'd you go to school? High school, college, law school.79.233
43DCB_se3_ag4_f_0280.127Um,80.859
45 81.209I went to82.557 
47 82.71um-83.387 
49 86.342Part of the-86.906 
51 87.069My high school years were at88.599 
53 88.832um,89.433 
55 89.741/RD-SCHOOL-4/.91.075 
57 92.23Um, I graduated from /RD-SCHOOL-4/.94.79 
59 96.618I went to /RD-SCHOOL-6/ in Boston100.067 
61 100.281and transferred to /RD-SCHOOL-9/.102.991 
63 104.542And then I went to /RD-SCHOOL-9/.107.377 
64DCB_int_01113.191What's your current occupation?114.512
65DCB_se3_ag4_f_02115.019I'm an attorney.115.964
66DCB_int_01119.816Um, where was your father born?121.354
67DCB_se3_ag4_f_02122.011My father was born in123.675
69 124.51Raleigh, North Carolina.125.82 
70DCB_int_01127.564What about your mom?128.25
71DCB_se3_ag4_f_02129.279My mother was born130.552
73 130.678in- I think it was Camden, Alabama.133.2 
74DCB_int_01134.407And what does your father do?135.467
75DCB_se3_ag4_f_02136.309My father is deceased. He was an attorney.138.963
76DCB_int_01140.244And what about mom?140.911
77DCB_se3_ag4_f_02141.946My mother was143.097
79 143.261a144.571 
81 145.177librarian.146.072 
82DCB_int_01148.571And is she still living or she-149.853
83DCB_se3_ag4_f_02149.941She's still living.150.757
84DCB_int_01152.855Kay.153.139
86 154.258I will stop writing now (pen clicking).155.634 
88 157.116So,157.438 
90 158.006let's go back. Let's go159.489 
92 160.142back a little bit.160.925 
94 161.62When you talk about Southeast, tell me about your neighborhood growing up.164.577 
95DCB_se3_ag4_f_02165.81<ts>165.932
97 166.109My neighborhood was a-167.89 
99 169.312I'd say middle class to upper middle class neighborhood,171.992 
101 172.286um,172.855 
103 173.335in173.708 
105 173.834the midst of174.869 
107 176.44um,176.962 
109 179.051I wanna say179.913 
111 180.743lower class mei-181.913 
113 182.071lower class neighborhoods.183.792 
115 184.864But185.088 
117 185.349it was not like they were today.187.116 
119 187.708Neighborhoods- When you think of189.144 
121 189.666uh, upper middle class neighborhoods today-192.021 
123 192.869Well first of all, it was all black,194.189 
124DCB_int_01194.551Mm-hm.194.859
125DCB_se3_ag4_f_02195.68except for um-197.475
127 199.583<ts>199.695 
129 200.216There were a few201.419 
131 202.766white people in the neighborhood left205.247 
133 206.897from white flight.207.689 
135 209.433Because when the blacks started moving in, the whites started moving out.212.486 
137 213.54Um, except for my father told me this,216.063 
139 216.431um-217.084 
141 218.841The only whites that basically stayed-220.738 
143 221.186The majority of the whites that stayed were223.485 
145 223.648um, whites that did not have225.563 
147 225.829children, particularly girls227.708 
149 228.846because they did not want230.178 
151 230.43um,230.957 
153 232.654white-233.004 
155 233.345Whites233.983 
157 234.128did not want their girls to be around236.5 
159 237.941black guys.238.71 
160DCB_int_01239.676Hm.239.941
161DCB_se3_ag4_f_02240.137That was my father's241.177
163 242.374uh,242.836 
165 243.498explanation. And244.626 
167 245.014as I looked around the neighborhood, I did notice that there were-247.354 
169 247.779There were a lot of older white people.249.47 
170DCB_int_01249.871Mm-hm.250.249
171DCB_se3_ag4_f_02250.305So250.724
173 250.925they might have- And they didn't s-252.431 
175 252.977I didn't know of any of 'em254.403 
177 255.913to have kids. Maybe one257.937 
179 259.69family.260.333 
181 261.162Um,261.666 
183 262.72so maybe they felt like they were too old to leave.265.27 
185 266.048You know, I don't know.267.069 
187 267.624But they were like scattered around.269.335 
189 269.983But270.184 
191 270.977the majority of the neighborhood was /definitely/-272.836 
193 273.27They were definitely274.072 
195 274.403African Americans. There weren't275.839 
197 276.203Hispanics. There weren't277.545 
199 278.565Indians. There weren't Asians.280.482 
201 281.76Completely African American.283.228 
202DCB_int_01283.639How big was the neighborhood? Like how many blocks, streets?286.51
203DCB_se3_ag4_f_02287.554The whole H- all of Hillcrest?289.671
205 290.565I'm not good with291.321 
207 292.165that type of thing.293.046 
209 293.396Um,293.941 
211 298.211it was a pretty big neighborhood.299.522 
213 300.468I mean, you know.301.34 
215 303.106It was a-303.428 
217 303.736I-304.016 
219 304.211Will say- it was a- it was a big area.306.263 
220DCB_int_01306.529Okay.306.837
221DCB_se3_ag4_f_02307.312You know.307.62
223 307.763I- I hesitate to call it a-309.167 
225 309.232You know, I consider my neighborhood like, the people that I knew312.254 
227 312.594which was like,313.168 
229 315.078um,315.559 
231 316.156maybe,316.785 
233 317.848um,318.487 
235 319.829you know, that was just a-320.715 
237 321.484maybe about ten block322.603 
239 322.818radius. Like,323.452 
241 323.708you know, the people I got to knew- know from326.282 
243 327.4playing.327.918 
245 328.51You know, you didn't go too far-329.764 
247 329.918[stray too] far from your neighborhood to play. And then332.646 
248DCB_int_01330.072[Right.]330.45
249DCB_se3_ag4_f_02333.242you know, maybe people who th-334.323
251 334.426that I met334.934 
253 335.219at church-335.941 
255 337.378people I met at my elementary school,339.139 
257 339.983which was a neighborhood elementary school.341.708 
259 342.557And um,343.438 
261 347.624I guess that was it.348.52 
263 348.65You know, like the Girl Scouts and stuff like that.350.64 
265 351.997Um-352.538 
266DCB_int_01352.571Ten blocks is- that's a big- I was actually thinking maybe you were gonna say like two or three /??/. That's a big357.577
268 357.978like358.174 
269DCB_se3_ag4_f_02358.137Well I'm-358.608
270DCB_int_01358.589area.359.023
271DCB_se3_ag4_f_02359.107Well that includes the people that361.196
273 361.359I m-361.723 
275 361.867met.362.295 
277 362.482But the people that I knew363.545 
279 364.193[well] well well were like-366.212 
280DCB_int_01364.295[Well.]364.571
281DCB_se3_ag4_f_02366.37except when I- because what happened in my neighborhood was369.153
283 370.267the sch-370.804 
285 370.892the-371.041 
287 371.251the people-371.881 
289 374.012You know.374.281 
291 374.51Because we were like, a little oasis,377.023 
293 377.298so to speak,377.969 
295 378.627in Southeast,379.55 
297 380.519the schools381.629 
299 382.216were not the-382.906 
301 383.163the-383.401 
303 383.545the parents in my neighborhood were not385.522 
305 385.791pleased with the schools.387.214 
307 387.75So they either- after a certain point,390.184 
309 391.112we either got-391.886 
311 393.465they either sent us to private schools- most of us went to private schools,396.809 
313 397.49or they398.492 
315 398.598bussed us to- or we went to- and when I say bussed, I don't mean like,402.142 
317 402.65you know,402.963 
319 403.111really bussed. I mean like we would catch- we would have to catch a bus,405.992 
321 406.351get on the bus and go,407.475 
323 408.175you know, or- or we would go to,410.5 
325 411.493um,412.123 
327 413.223schools in different- in a better415.517 
329 415.835part of town, but mainly pe- people were going to private schools.418.911 
331 420.757You know that was421.414 
333 421.526mainly m-422.095 
335 422.183most of my friends were going to private schools.424.426 
337 425.41You know,425.802 
339 425.913um, I did notice that427.443 
341 427.625um-428.026 
343 428.677so we had-429.601 
345 431.065And this is what I'm saying we don't really see too much today,434.072 
347 435.643we had436.433 
349 436.897um,437.405 
351 437.862like I lived next to a cab-439.275 
353 439.424I ha- on one side of me-440.747 
355 441.167my father was an attorney.442.487 
357 442.617My mother was a, um,444.245 
359 444.776We had doctors, lawyers,446.649 
361 447.47um, we had blue collar workers.449.937 
363 450.762Um,451.499 
365 451.647you know, like,452.668 
367 453.358my-453.694 
369 453.88my454.16 
371 454.333neigh- the-454.953 
373 455.2the neighbor to455.904 
375 456.123uh-456.622 
377 456.743to my left was a cab driver.458.831 
378DCB_int_01459.312Hm.459.549
379DCB_se3_ag4_f_02460.403And460.855
381 460.958his wife doesn't- didn't work.462.44 
383 463.279Neighbor to my-463.997 
385 464.178to my right,465.083 
387 466.109he was an-466.864 
389 467.746he was either an engineer or an architect,469.443 
391 469.624but he was highly,470.491 
393 471.545you know,471.857 
395 472.286educated.472.939 
397 473.806And it was mixed like that throughout the neighborhood. You had some476.906 
399 477.671you know,477.913 
401 477.992bus drivers, cab drivers, lawyers,480.66 
403 481.088you know.481.448 
405 481.81Four blocks up482.892 
407 483.503was483.96 
409 484.878/newer/-485.214 
411 485.48You know,485.844 
413 486.272both486.664 
415 487.737uh,488.174 
417 489.018parents were doctors. The mother was a pediatrician. The father was a neurosurgeon, like one of the most493.978 
419 494.738um, highly495.843 
421 496.174you know,496.58 
423 496.92um,497.359 
425 498.235thought of neurosurgeons at Howard-500.235 
427 500.794at Howard's Hospital.501.773 
429 502.543You know, and I think they lived next do-504.175 
431 504.319door to a um,505.541 
433 506.99your blue collar worker.508.044 
435 508.79So that's just the way- and part of that probably, I'm sure had to do with the fact that all black people had to live514.291 
437 515.438you know,515.769 
439 515.983in the same neighborhood.516.967 
441 518.649So it wasn't that socioeconomic521.167 
443 522.03um,522.65 
445 523.158separation that they have now,524.957 
446DCB_int_01525.549Gotcha.525.964
447DCB_se3_ag4_f_02526.03because we were like,527.167
449 527.974you know,528.254 
450DCB_int_01528.669Mm-hm.528.925
451DCB_se3_ag4_f_02530.468kind of forced to live together.531.731
452DCB_int_01532.253So how did like blue collar versus535.084
454 535.224like, white collar- How do upper middle class and538.323 
456 538.515probably working to middle- lower middle class- How did- could they afford541.671 
458 542.099to live in that neighborhood together?543.568 
459DCB_se3_ag4_f_02545.079Cause I think all hard working people547.424
461 549.298could live550.225 
463 550.58well.551.037 
464DCB_int_01551.839Hm.552.178
465DCB_se3_ag4_f_02553.084No matter what they did.554.058
467 555.755And my father actually-557.046 
469 557.233Uh, my mother w- There was another neighborhood here in DC that was a black561.176 
471 562.016upper middle class to upper-563.419 
473 563.75upper class neighborhood,565.098 
475 565.634which was-566.343 
477 566.635that we called the Gold Coast,568.179 
479 569.522which is-570.002 
481 570.184which was on Sixth-571.2 
483 571.382in the Sixth-572.152 
485 572.272off of Sixteenth Street,573.624 
487 574.058which were primarily- Now,575.401 
489 575.494I don't know if they're- I would577.037 
491 578.351pro- I would-579.083 
493 579.512Because I ended up going to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.581.027 
495 581.876And582.487 
497 582.622that was the area for584.5 
499 585.792that.586.048 
501 586.622I mean that was part of their587.792 
503 587.969area, so I met a lot of those589.886 
505 590.217black kids590.953 
507 591.638that grew up592.403 
509 592.766on- in the Gold Coast.593.862 
511 594.17And I594.874 
513 595.992would-596.402 
515 597.046I would guess that,598.389 
517 598.892without knowing-599.862 
519 601.252Cause I certainly didn't- The kids that I met up there,603.34 
521 603.866none of their parent-604.729 
523 604.878All of their parents were606.142 
525 607.322you know,607.748 
527 608.23doctors, lawyers,610.305 
529 610.589college professors. I mean they were all professional-612.715 
531 612.958uh, white collar613.821 
533 613.923[professionals.]614.682 
534DCB_int_01613.984[Mm-hm.]614.5
535DCB_se3_ag4_f_02615.456So616.211
537 617.093m- And my father made a conscious decision-619.587 
539 619.936Because my mother wanted to live up there.621.549 
541 622.305That's where she wanted to live.623.177 
543 624.487<ts> My father did not want to live up there.626.365 
545 627.26He didn't want-627.731 
547 627.866He didn't want628.575 
549 628.888us growing up629.797 
551 630.967in that kind of bubble.632.026 
553 633.461So634.086 
555 634.342um,634.785 
557 637.261and I th- I'm sure those houses were mo-639.041 
559 639.95I don't know. They might have been the same price. I don't know.642.109 
561 642.678It's hard to say back then.643.709 
563 644.398Cause everything was so much more affordable,646.188 
564DCB_int_01646.743[Yes.]647.233
565DCB_se3_ag4_f_02646.846[you know?]647.317
566 647.899But um,648.687
568 649.871and that's just my take on it.651.204 
570 651.307I-651.512 
572 651.82And you know, I can just say that653.363 
574 653.494because I went654.701 
576 654.841to the high school, and I met all of those black kids up there.657.736 
578 658.487And I don't know any of them that- whose parents were just661.499 
580 662.258regular, you know,663.54 
581DCB_int_01664.086Mm.664.272
582DCB_se3_ag4_f_02664.79blue collar workers or whatever whatever. They were all667.96
584 668.054like,668.324 
586 669.279somebody.669.904 
588 670.524You know, white collars671.643 
590 672.282types.672.813 
592 673.471You know.673.942 
594 675.293So that might have been very unique to our neighborhood,677.741 
596 678.958but I would doubt it.679.867 
597DCB_int_01680.738So how did this-681.47
599 682.095Two things, and then I'm'a move on from- But how do you f-684.506 
601 684.785How do you- And I don't think- I don't know if you know,686.813 
603 687.228but how did this neighborhood emerge689.265 
605 689.359in the middle of Southeast? So Southeast historically was a very692.426 
607 693.507rundown or694.477 
609 695.186I will say lower class,696.529 
611 696.641and then you have this upper class neighborhood,698.659 
613 698.766do you kind of know how that699.82 
615 700.03oasis-700.622 
616DCB_se3_ag4_f_02701.526The only reason I could think is that703.14
618 703.238if you go over to the neighborhood, you can see the difference in the houses.706.272 
619DCB_int_01706.962Mm.707.195
620DCB_se3_ag4_f_02708.338I mean,708.799
622 708.888they are- And I'm sure- I know white people are trying to get those houses now.712.603 
624 713.237I mean they look like the houses on Sixteenth Street.715.891 
626 717.414Um, I think they even-718.748 
628 720.245I don't know what they call- I think they called it the G- They called it a whole bunch of stuff. Like, the Gold Coast of Southeast. I mean, you know, all- m-726.753 
630 727.084Whenever I told somebody that I was from Southeast,729.181 
632 729.666and then I would say I was from Hillcrest,731.41 
634 731.718they'd be like, Oh that's not Southeast.733.27 
636 734.197And I was like, Yeah.735.395 
638 735.727It is in Southeast.736.93 
640 737.666And um,738.59 
642 738.986that's the only thing that I could think because there-741.106 
644 741.316there were741.731 
646 742.599big houses. All the houses looked744.165 
648 744.328different.744.899 
650 745.751You know, they had big yards.747.816 
652 748.496You know,749.088 
654 749.228um,749.825 
656 752.757that's the only reason that I could think, and I can't think of any other755.951 
658 758.211area of Southeast- And I have to say,759.857 
660 759.997I-760.412 
662 760.524You know, because I went to school uptown and all that stuff,762.819 
664 762.935I really didn't763.597 
666 763.889get to know764.841 
668 765.097a lot of the neighborhoods. I didn't hang out- I mean you know,767.368 
669DCB_int_01766.724[Mm.]767
670DCB_se3_ag4_f_02767.494there was some-768.03
672 768.179there was some class769.191 
674 770.724issues going on.771.722 
676 772.575You know, so I didn't really get to know- Like I- Like I don't know- I don't know this area776.385 
677DCB_int_01776.663Mm.776.892
678DCB_se3_ag4_f_02777.661even though I didn't- I grew up not that far from here.779.857
680 781.056You know, I don't really know my way around in- in this area. And there parts of Southeast that I've never been to.786.436 
682 788.766You know?789.162 
684 790.011So790.636 
686 790.981um-791.508 
687DCB_int_01792.715Describe your house.793.797
689 794.192Like at your childhood home.795.615 
690DCB_se3_ag4_f_02796.72<ts>796.836
692 796.995Um,797.582 
694 798.552you know, everything's relative.800.054 
696 800.547A lot of people thought it was a big house.802.197 
698 802.701I mean it was- It was a big804.184 
700 804.338Tudor style house.805.863 
702 806.775Um,807.423 
704 809.913ver- a lot of810.697 
706 810.767nice811.205 
708 811.336architect-811.853 
710 812.225/tecture/-812.747 
712 812.966/texture/.813.54 
714 814.473Um,815.065 
716 817.27you know, huge yard.818.752 
718 818.953I mean really big yard.820.086 
720 820.692And I'm not real good with821.852 
722 822.552you know, measuring or whatever.824.081 
724 824.314Sat up on a hill,825.526 
726 826.874a big hill,827.83 
728 828.781um,829.41 
730 831.419had a lot of character to it.833.219 
732 833.531Um,833.969 
734 835.941you know, had a836.724 
736 836.85big837.102 
738 838.272living room, a big839.484 
740 839.606dining room, a big kitchen before there were a lot of um,842.366 
742 843.316big kitchens.844.435 
744 844.678Nice basement.845.909 
746 846.203Um,846.748 
748 847.681three-848.072 
750 848.328three bedrooms,849.643 
752 850.333big /attic/.851.27 
754 851.988Had one- just one bathroom. We all shared a bathroom.854.78 
756 855.671Um,856.314 
758 856.557and all the houses were different.857.918 
760 858.03There were no h-858.622 
762 858.711no house-859.462 
764 859.732There was no-860.5 
766 862.71I mean,863.172 
768 863.494no single house was exactly865.13 
770 865.452like the other house.866.463 
772 867.064I mean even in some of the other areas like Brookland- I don't know if you're familiar with [Brookland, where] /Catholic/ is?871.727 
773DCB_int_01870.762[Mm-hm.]871.023
774DCB_se3_ag4_f_02872.332And I- When I first got married, I lived in a house,874.477
776 875like a colonial style house there,876.813 
778 877.959which by the way, now879.209 
780 879.81is going for880.92 
782 881.261seven hundred thousand dollars,882.804 
784 883.289and it's a little house.884.324 
786 885.479Um, to me it was a little house,886.869 
788 886.958compared to the house that I grew up in.888.529 
790 889.14And889.872 
792 891.237those houses,892.048 
794 892.696they're cookie cutter.893.573 
795DCB_int_01893.685Mm-hm.894.179
796DCB_se3_ag4_f_02895.885You know, but then that- that is also another neighborhood898.468
798 898.78that was a-899.335 
800 899.634uh-899.885 
802 900.035that-900.268 
804 900.729and-900.991 
806 901.339Well actually, that's not- that wasn't Brookland. It was Michigan Park,903.899 
807DCB_int_01904.617[Mm-hm.]904.958
808DCB_se3_ag4_f_02904.622[which is] right next to Brookland.906.077
809 906.939Um,907.438
811 908.939that's another909.736 
813 910.701upper middle class black neighborhood too. I mean-913.047 
815 913.471I'm sorry.913.937 
817 914.864Upper middle cl- Yeah, upper middle class,916.71 
819 917.2I would say.917.797 
821 918.473Middle class to upper middle class black neighborhood,920.626 
822DCB_int_01920.915[Now?]921.368
823DCB_se3_ag4_f_02920.934[which-]921.246
824DCB_int_01921.792Or before.922.398
825DCB_se3_ag4_f_02923.489When I was growing up924.501
826DCB_int_01924.669[Oh.]924.893
827DCB_se3_ag4_f_02924.678[w-] it was. Now, it's gentrifying,926.724
828DCB_int_01926.966Mm.927.209
829DCB_se3_ag4_f_02927.242like everything else. You see m- almost more white people over there than you-930.165
831 930.291than you see- saw black people-931.914 
833 932.295see black people.933.218 
835 933.549And that's why the- the hous- pricing-935.331 
837 935.554the housing prices have gone up936.972 
839 937.102is what I'm saying. I mean that was a little-938.631 
841 939.694I mean,940.095 
843 940.972you know, those houses are942.067 
845 942.403<sigh>942.664 
847 942.963you know.943.312 
849 945.465And even the school systems haven't caught up with those neighborhoods,948.375 
851 948.795I wouldn't- I wouldn't949.797 
853 949.959/stink/.950.654 
855 951.54You know.951.988 
857 953.298<ts>953.438 
858DCB_int_01953.438Are [houses] in Hillcrest954.93
859DCB_se3_ag4_f_02953.606[Um-]953.96
860DCB_int_01955.844kind of going that same957.12
862 957.554like market? Or looking at the market, is it959.568 
864 960.021reaching Southeast in that same way?961.881 
865DCB_se3_ag4_f_02962.365I think so.963.078
866DCB_int_01963.344Mm.963.587
867DCB_se3_ag4_f_02963.736I don't think that people have gotten across the bridge quite as much966.552
869 966.916because it is across the bridge.968.617 
871 971.242But give 'em time.972.151 
872DCB_int_01972.907Mm.973.266
873DCB_se3_ag4_f_02974.719[You know.]975.036
874DCB_int_01974.738[Are you an] only child?975.829
875DCB_se3_ag4_f_02975.876No I have two brothers.977.13
876DCB_int_01977.783Okay, so how was it growing up? Are you the youngest, oldest, middle?980.318
877DCB_se3_ag4_f_02980.421I'm the middle.981.064
878DCB_int_01981.638Oh, you're the middle. So how was it growing up983.96
880 984.119with-984.417 
882 984.837What's the age difference?986.054 
883DCB_se3_ag4_f_02986.206We were all two years apart.987.377
884DCB_int_01987.866Oh, step-988.347
886 988.64like [step-]989.219 
887DCB_se3_ag4_f_02988.986[Mm-hm.]989.456
888DCB_int_01989.937And how was that? Did y'all play together? What types of games did y'all play?993.223
889DCB_se3_ag4_f_02993.349We played together in the house.994.836
891 995.582We fought a lot.996.394 
893 996.939But see the kid- There were lots of kids in that neighborhood, which is totally different than the way my-1000.529 
895 1000.72my daughter is growing up1001.816 
897 1002.179because1002.79 
899 1002.925um,1003.387 
901 1004.98you know, first of all, I was a si- I'm a single-1007.149 
903 1007.429I was a single1008.263 
905 1008.506parent.1008.949 
907 1009.149And1009.484 
909 1009.577also it's just,1010.533 
911 1011.274you know, I couldn't afford to live1012.99 
913 1013.834the- a lot of the places that I wanted to live. And then she-1016.5 
915 1017.181I definitely sent her to schools, I-1018.696 
917 1019.279You know,1019.638 
919 1019.969she never-1020.412 
921 1020.641she-1020.935 
923 1021.084her-1021.378 
925 1021.871Only for one moment did she go to a school1024.225 
927 1024.808in the neighborhood we lived in, and that's only because I moved1027.824 
929 1027.973to the neighborhood to get her into the school.1030.03 
931 1030.557I moved1031.363 
933 1031.568to a-1032.137 
935 1032.664an apartment1033.242 
937 1033.638to get her into the school, and then1035.764 
939 1037.023I bought a house (laughing).1037.955 
940DCB_int_011038.958[/Inaudible./]1039.382
941DCB_se3_ag4_f_021038.972[So], th- and that was the only time in her life that she-1042.501
942 1043.988And that was a short span of her life, she was very young- that she lived in1047.68
944 1048.454a neighborhood where she went to school. So1050.268 
946 1051.28I had1051.95 
948 1052.164a-1052.477 
950 1052.626I grew up in a very1053.89 
952 1054.053robust1055.004 
954 1055.247neighborhood, with children, lots of children.1057.283 
956 1058.673And1059.228 
958 1059.437we um,1060.297 
960 1061.732<ts>1061.871 
962 1061.923played outside a lot, and as1063.448 
964 1063.605you probably heard from older people,1065.354 
966 1065.918we could go outside and play forever1067.955 
968 1068.729until it was dark. I mean that stuff about the-1070.659 
970 1071.046the um-1071.647 
972 1071.843What do you call it?1072.384 
974 1073.116The night light?1073.76 
976 1074.025The um,1074.538 
978 1075.457<ts>1075.541 
980 1075.689playing until the-1076.449 
982 1076.673til the-1077.078 
984 1077.26the-1077.512 
986 1077.717the lights1078.421 
988 1078.986came on1079.568 
989DCB_int_011079.68Mm.1079.89
990DCB_se3_ag4_f_021080.035was true.1080.636
992 1081.508Our parents didn't know where we were.1082.691 
994 1084.09We didn't have cell phones.1085.275 
995DCB_int_011085.61[<laugh>]1087.518
996DCB_se3_ag4_f_021086.109[You know?]1086.571
998 1087.023[They couldn't-]1087.657 
999 1088.379But1088.724
1001 1088.915they let us go. I mean we would go all over the place and do whatever we wanted until it was time to come home.1093.811 
1003 1094.654And there were1095.4 
1005 1096.529oh, t- tons of us.1098.016 
1007 1099.578You know, and we would just all go and play.1101.33 
1009 1101.796And my b-1102.156 
1011 1102.626You know, so I had my girlfriends, and my brothers had their friends, but1106.25 
1013 1107.181the times we were stuck in the house,1108.79 
1015 1110.953<ts>1111.051 
1017 1111.116we would um-1112.021 
1019 1112.258we would play together.1113.12 
1021 1114.118And we, you know-1115.153 
1023 1115.652I- I1116.189 
1025 1117.704you know,1117.96 
1027 1119.004pretty much grew up like a boy because I had two [brothers.]1121.335 
1028DCB_int_011121.181[Mm-hm.]1121.643
1029DCB_se3_ag4_f_021121.676So I basically had to do the types of things that they did.1124.273
1031 1125.209And if I didn't, then they would tease me,1127.429 
1033 1128.049you know, and say I was a sissy1129.312 
1035 1129.754or something like that,1130.612 
1037 1130.757so.1131.242 
1039 1131.787But we fought a lot too.1132.916 
1040DCB_int_011133.111<laugh>1134.147
1041DCB_se3_ag4_f_021134.142We did a lot of fighting.1135.149
1042 1135.844Yeah.1136.142
1043DCB_int_011136.771Did y'all have TV?1137.619
1044DCB_se3_ag4_f_021138.323We had TV.1139.102
1045DCB_int_011139.289[Black and white or color?]1140.375
1046DCB_se3_ag4_f_021139.293[I'm not that- I'm not that-] I'm not that old. <laugh>1142.5
1047 1143.503Um, I think that we-1144.897
1049 1145.624Oh, God. I'm sure at some point-1147.373 
1051 1147.606Whatever-1148.095 
1053 1148.206Whenever it was, I'm s-1149.526 
1055 1149.787I'm sure that I-1150.958 
1057 1152.128It started out being black and white,1153.587 
1058DCB_int_011153.889Mm.1154.076
1059DCB_se3_ag4_f_021154.384and then at some point, we got color. But1156.202
1061 1156.412um,1156.701 
1063 1157.023yeah we had TV. But we only had-1158.347 
1065 1159.196What? F-1159.555 
1067 1160.077Three channels? ABC, NBC, and CBS.1162.743 
1068DCB_int_011164.286Hm.1164.604
1069DCB_se3_ag4_f_021164.771And we didn't have remotes.1166.093
1070DCB_int_011166.435Mm,1166.607
1072 1166.71we had- You were the remote?1167.703 
1073DCB_se3_ag4_f_021168.277We were the remote. [We had to get up] and1169.601
1074DCB_int_011168.948[Mm-hm.]1169.41
1075DCB_se3_ag4_f_021169.736turn it.1170.105
1077 1170.851And um,1171.783 
1079 1172.962<ts>1173.036 
1081 1173.633you know, we-1174.249 
1083 1174.389There were only a few shows1175.788 
1085 1176.879um, that we could watch.1178.486 
1087 1179.824And then TV went off at a certain time,1182.03 
1089 1183.326like around- I don't know, midnight?1184.761 
1091 1184.906I don't know. It was long before we went to bed- long after we went to bed,1188.081 
1093 1189.214so.1189.634 
1095 1190.542Yeah.1190.929 
1096DCB_int_011191.279What elementary schools1192.505
1098 1192.734did you go to?1193.531 
1099DCB_se3_ag4_f_021194.356<ts>1194.45
1101 1194.552I went to the neighborhood elementary school,1196.5 
1103 1197.041which was called /RD-SCHOOL-2/ until the fifth-1199.102 
1105 1199.438until the1200.468 
1107 1202.262I guess it was the fifth grade.1203.671 
1109 1203.866And then my parents- And then we went to1205.927 
1111 1206.081um-1206.487 
1113 1206.93Then my parents1207.844 
1115 1207.997sent us to /RD-SCHOOL-4/.1209.96 
1116DCB_int_011211.536Was that different?1212.189
1118 1212.506Was it a1212.832 
1120 1213.056big-1213.275 
1121DCB_se3_ag4_f_021213.578It was a culture shock. There were no black kids t- I mean that's one of the k- that- If1216.743
1123 1217.13you don't know, that's one of the sc-1218.156 
1125 1218.473one of the three schools that the Obamas looked at1221.004 
1126DCB_int_011222.664[/RD-SCHOOL-3/.]1223.387
1127DCB_se3_ag4_f_021222.981[when they] came here.1223.844
1128 1223.937/RD-SCHOOL-3/. There's /RD-SCHOOL-2/,1225.886
1130 1226.374and where they ended up is /RD-SCHOOL-2/.1227.922 
1131DCB_int_011228.249Right.1228.482
1133 1229.2So1229.727 
1135 1230.482when you went to-1231.443 
1137 1231.829Compare your experience from what you can remember from /RD-SCHOOL-3/ to1235.489 
1139 1235.699/RD-SCHOOL-3/.1236.417 
1140DCB_se3_ag4_f_021236.874Well /RD-SCHOOL-3/ was all black1238.295
1142 1239.074with all-1239.512 
1144 1239.652mainly all black teachers.1241.233 
1146 1241.484/RD-SCHOOL-3/ was all white1242.855 
1148 1243.788pretty much.1244.444 
1150 1244.897And Jewish1245.717 
1152 1247.093because it was started by a Jewish-1248.787 
1154 1250.412I don't know which Jewish school.1251.908 
1156 1252.435Cause we had to celebrate Jewish holidays.1254.543 
1158 1255.779We didn't even celebrate Christian holidays. We celebrated Jewish holidays.1258.985 
1159DCB_int_011259.209Mm.1259.494
1160DCB_se3_ag4_f_021259.68And um,1260.72
1162 1261.67so we had1263.209 
1164 1265.289rich kids.1266.272 
1166 1268.971Rich white kids.1270.062 
1168 1270.743Jewish.1271.256 
1170 1272.217And1273.093 
1172 1273.708a handful of black kids in each class.1276.1 
1174 1277.988Maybe1278.51 
1176 1280.407/uh/ four of us.1281.843 
1178 1282.599I don't know.1283.214 
1180 1283.923Five per class, something like that.1285.713 
1182 1286.356And then we had1287.349 
1184 1287.479um-1288.217 
1186 1290.361<ts>1290.464 
1188 1291.033And of course the black kids were not-1292.855 
1190 1294.771There were some-1295.587 
1192 1295.82That were some black kids that1297.322 
1194 1297.424were1297.886 
1196 1299.05prominent.1299.936 
1198 1302.678You know, when you're a kid, you don't really know that stuff,1304.711 
1199DCB_int_011304.78[Mm.]1305.046
1200DCB_se3_ag4_f_021304.799[but then] when you get older, you start hearing1307.293
1201 1308.506you know,1308.939
1203 1309.219this is /da- da- da-/1309.984 
1205 1310.332I mean the people that I can remember that went there- I don't know if you remember Al Gore?1314.245 
1206DCB_int_011314.59Mm-hm.1314.972
1207DCB_se3_ag4_f_021315.033He was1315.443
1209 1315.735vice president to1316.999 
1211 1317.904Carter?1318.328 
1213 1318.594No.1318.78 
1214DCB_int_011319.514[Clinton?]1319.918
1215DCB_se3_ag4_f_021319.592[No, it wasn't-] I'm get- I get Al Gore mixed up with-1321.946
1216 1322.808<ts>1322.929
1218 1323.489This guy was Carter's1324.715 
1220 1324.976vice president.1325.83 
1222 1327.158I don't know why I get them two mixed up, and I can't remember his name because uh, he-1330.608 
1224 1332.179I wanna say Mondale.1333.536 
1226 1334.878You wouldn't remember.1335.629 
1228 1335.736But Mondale- I think it was Mondale.1337.704 
1230 1338.506Yeah, and then he ran for president.1339.973 
1232 1340.216His1340.542 
1234 1340.645d- daughter went-1341.26 
1236 1341.391His kids went there, and then you had um-1344.137 
1238 1346.374There was this guy name- And the only reason I know this was because uh-1349.694 
1240 1350.007<ts>1350.179 
1242 1350.263There was this guy named /RD-NAME-6/.1352.551 
1244 1354.124He was the fir- Anyway,1355.257 
1246 1355.513his daughter, /RD-NAME-2/-1356.684 
1248 1356.977Well, they don't call her /RD-NAME-2/. Her name is /RD-NAME-4/.1359.186 
1250 1359.611She wrote p-1360.357 
1252 1360.497She read1361.159 
1254 1362.091um,1362.707 
1256 1362.976the poem at Obama's inauguration. Okay.1365.443 
1258 1365.755So she went there,1366.8 
1260 1368.115but her dad was1369.672 
1262 1369.853um-1370.412 
1264 1373.317<ts>1373.434 
1266 1373.798He was something like the first1375.238 
1268 1375.41black1376.114 
1270 1379.508secretary of the-1381.192 
1272 1382.664You know, he was like in some1383.662 
1274 1383.844presidential cam-1384.688 
1276 1384.832uh, [cabinet.]1385.919 
1277DCB_int_011385.616[Hm.]1385.914
1278 1386.129Mm-hm.1386.464
1279DCB_se3_ag4_f_021386.66So it was some black kids like that1388.673
1281 1389.009that were there.1389.723 
1283 1390.669But then you had1391.681 
1285 1391.844some black kids who were- Like I-1394.058 
1287 1394.249Like one of my friends, one of my best friends,1396.753 
1289 1397.975and then you had some black kids whose parents were1400.291 
1291 1400.655like my parents, you know. They were1402.758 
1293 1403.182lawyers,1404.166 
1295 1404.921um,1405.504 
1297 1406.44<ts>1406.534 
1299 1406.576and then you had1407.527 
1301 1407.615um-1408.175 
1303 1409.536You know Ben's Chili Bowl?1410.73 
1304DCB_int_011411.019Mm-hm.1411.388
1305DCB_se3_ag4_f_021411.918Okay, the guy- So,1413.182
1307 1414.968uh,1415.387 
1309 1415.499/RD-NAME-4/-1416.474 
1311 1416.777/RD-NAME-2/,1417.192 
1313 1417.909the family that1418.715 
1315 1418.846ran that,1419.275 
1317 1419.424they went there.1420.166 
1319 1422.026And then you had1423.103 
1321 1423.289um- But then you had like,1424.618 
1323 1425.396some black kids that were probably on- You know, you-1428.057 
1325 1428.166you don't have any way of knowing this, but they probably got1430.394 
1327 1430.641some1430.972 
1329 1431.96scholarship,1432.683 
1331 1433.406and they mighta been really smart.1434.679 
1333 1435.988But there parents weren't,1437.032 
1335 1437.415you know-1437.769 
1337 1438.762Cause o- I had one girlfriend of mine, who was like, one of my best friends,1441.979 
1339 1442.529she lived in the pro- what we call the projects1444.734 
1341 1444.968at the time.1445.597 
1343 1447.853So-1448.417 
1345 1449.443But you know,1450.035 
1347 1451.467because we were all black,1452.502 
1349 1454.697and it was back in the seventies,1456.333 
1351 1457.522you know, we-1458.054 
1353 1458.236we ho-1458.544 
1355 1458.837we stayed together.1459.671 
1356DCB_int_011461.653And how long did you stay at /RD-SCHOOL-3/?1463.238
1357DCB_se3_ag4_f_021464.189So I stayed there1465.34
1359 1465.606two-1466.156 
1361 1466.263through1467.046 
1363 1469.476um-1470.054 
1365 1475.019I wanna say ninth grade.1476.432 
1367 1478.995Either ninth or tenth,1479.956 
1369 1480.231something like that.1481.075 
1371 1481.793And I just- You know, I didn't get any attention from any boys.1484.492 
1373 1486.277You know,1486.711 
1375 1487.126there was some racists, and my- For1489.135 
1377 1489.293Ironically, my daughter had the same experience.1491.415 
1379 1491.713That's one reason why she's ended up /RD-SCHOOL-2/.1493.597 
1381 1495.624But um,1496.534 
1383 1497.741the- You know,1498.385 
1385 1498.487there was racism.1499.434 
1387 1500.74Um-1501.234 
1388DCB_int_011502.468Overt?1502.949
1390 1503.102Covert?1503.587 
1392 1504.259Both?1504.613 
1393DCB_se3_ag4_f_021506.93I guess you would- It depends on how you define that.1508.865
1395 1509I mean,1509.322 
1397 1509.42I- I w- I defined it as1511.597 
1399 1511.802um,1512.241 
1401 1514.949the-1515.102 
1403 1515.424that-1515.83 
1405 1517.527I mean there were a couple of things that happened.1519.019 
1407 1519.559I mean,1519.918 
1409 1520.086you know, nobody called you the N word,1521.685 
1411 1522.646at least not to your face.1523.844 
1412DCB_int_011524.105Hm.1524.357
1413DCB_se3_ag4_f_021524.609So1525.178
1415 1525.382you know, if you consider that to be overt, no, it wasn't overt.1527.988 
1417 1528.147But I do remember1529.215 
1419 1529.742one time,1530.511 
1421 1530.6that- But th- it was hurtful stuff1532.916 
1423 1533.643because I remember one time1535.205 
1425 1535.76that1536.133 
1427 1536.408everybody-1537.085 
1429 1537.801Well it wouldn't have been everybody, but I didn't get invited to a1540.814 
1431 1541.373w-1541.583 
1433 1541.802You know, the Jews have1543.127 
1435 1544.79bar mitzvahs and1545.629 
1437 1545.704bat mitzvahs,1546.665 
1439 1547.121which is like their1548.152 
1441 1548.846coming of age-1549.881 
1443 1551.336You know,1551.769 
1445 1552.772like um-1553.728 
1447 1554.199It would be like our- Like,1555.593 
1449 1556.701Hispanics have /Qui- Quinceaneras/, or something like that.1559.76 
1451 1559.863And what do black people have (laughing)?1561.065 
1452DCB_int_011561.121[/Cotillions./]1562.072
1453DCB_se3_ag4_f_021561.881[Cotillions],1562.687
1454 1562.785but1562.995
1456 1563.41it's not tied to religion.1565.056 
1458 1565.919Like,1566.129 
1460 1566.361maybe for us it would be um-1568.333 
1461DCB_int_011569.261Oh yea- Mm.1570.194
1462DCB_se3_ag4_f_021570.567Well I'm- I was1571.527
1464 1571.807raised episcopal, so I had um-1573.979 
1466 1575.163<ts> I mean but1575.709 
1468 1575.825w-1576.161 
1470 1576.347Whenever we did that anyway-1577.732 
1472 1578.255You know, these people had big parties1579.848 
1473DCB_int_011580.193Right.1580.408
1474DCB_se3_ag4_f_021580.394to go along with this.1581.401
1475 1582.595So it was cultural.1583.896
1477 1584.073I don't know what the Hispanics-1585.528 
1479 1585.937There was1586.501 
1481 1586.697religious-1587.392 
1483 1587.793It might just be [cultural.]1588.972 
1484DCB_int_011588.431[Cultural.]1588.982
1485DCB_se3_ag4_f_021589.546The- the- the bat mitzvah and the bar mitzvah's cultural1592.538
1487 1593.751and religious.1594.991 
1488DCB_int_011594.921Right.1595.182
1489DCB_se3_ag4_f_021595.844So anyway, they would have that, but you know they were rich and they threw-1598.645
1491 1598.809It- it- They used to throw,1599.932 
1493 1600.296I mean,1600.8 
1495 1600.944huge1601.69 
1497 1602.539things.1603.023 
1499 1603.144Huge things.1604.133 
1501 1604.757You know, at um,1605.835 
1503 1606.208country clubs and1607.373 
1505 1608.502wherever else1609.346 
1507 1609.503they would have 'em.1610.263 
1509 1611.088It was a big thing.1611.956 
1511 1612.511And so I remember one time not getting invited to that.1614.497 
1512DCB_int_011614.949Hm.1615.122
1513DCB_se3_ag4_f_021615.209And I kn- And my best friend was Jewish,1617.261
1515 1618.879and she got invited.1619.835 
1517 1621.601But she was different kind of Jewish because1623.685 
1519 1624.24she lived on Capitol Hill,1625.858 
1521 1626.837both her parents were lawyers,1628.147 
1523 1628.464but they were civil rights lawyers.1629.876 
1525 1631.532So,1632.115 
1527 1632.199you know, they were more progressive1634.296 
1528DCB_int_011634.389Mm-hm.1634.809
1529DCB_se3_ag4_f_021634.925type.1635.182
1531 1636.268And actually1637.094 
1533 1637.616they knew my father because my father1639.313 
1535 1639.732was1640.091 
1537 1640.277civil rights.1641.032 
1539 1642.277So-1642.646 
1541 1642.776You know what I mean?1643.327 
1542DCB_int_011643.453Mm-hm.1643.751
1543DCB_se3_ag4_f_021644.311So it was a different- She wasn't as elitist.1646.751
1545 1647.648And then we had to catch the bus together because she lived1650.32 
1547 1650.581on Capitol Hill1651.75 
1549 1652.981in Southeast, and then I lived- But- And she lived in Southeast,1655.564 
1551 1655.667but it was Capitol Hill.1656.604 
1553 1657.405And Capitol Hill is of course, booming.1659.55 
1555 1660.492Even back then it was pretty.1661.788 
1557 1662.255I don't know, but Capitol Hill was weird.1663.811 
1559 1663.923But-1664.133 
1561 1664.986You know, and I used to have to go across the bridge,1667.191 
1563 1667.625so we1668.656 
1565 1669.993you know, got1670.37 
1567 1670.501c-1670.594 
1569 1670.72rode the bus together.1671.639 
1570DCB_int_011671.704Mm-hm.1671.993
1571DCB_se3_ag4_f_021672.044And it was her and me and also the w- the g- woman who grew up1674.898
1573 1675.308in the projects. Cause she1676.627 
1575 1677.205lives in Southwest,1678.375 
1577 1678.893so we all got to be really c- And she just was different. She wasn't-1681.937 
1579 1684.301You know, you could tell. She didn't have-1685.993 
1581 1686.138You know, I don't know whether her parents insti- instilled-1688.883 
1583 1689.951You know, cause her father was-1691.322 
1585 1691.937Not only was he civil rights, he worked for Legal Aid.1694.361 
1587 1695.979So he worked for-1697.541 
1589 1698.603He headed the1699.494 
1591 1700.067legal-1700.776 
1593 1701.527I can't remember what it was. And the m- and her mother was a-1704.007 
1595 1706.165was a professor.1707.21 
1597 1708.977But you know, they were progressive.1710.325 
1598DCB_int_011710.78Mm-hm.1711.178
1599DCB_se3_ag4_f_021712.133Yeah.1712.52
1601 1712.669So.1713.046 
1602DCB_int_011713.266Did she go to the party?1714.175
1603DCB_se3_ag4_f_021715.07Yeah, she went to the um-1716.679
1605 1717.191As a matter of fact, I think that's how I found out1719.373 
1606DCB_int_011719.974Mm-hm.1720.31
1607DCB_se3_ag4_f_021720.618because she slipped up, and s- Well she didn't slip up,1723.163
1609 1723.289she thought that I had been invited. She'd assumed that I had been invited.1726.343 
1611 1727.131Because I did get invited1728.516 
1613 1728.818to some of 'em but this particular one I did not get invited to.1731.774 
1615 1731.904And I know1732.483 
1617 1732.86it had to have been because I wasn't-1734.133 
1619 1735.139I mean,1735.382 
1621 1735.568I- I- I-1735.946 
1623 1738.264I've-1738.445 
1625 1738.576My take on it was it was because I was black1740.79 
1626DCB_int_011741.484Mm.1741.806
1627DCB_se3_ag4_f_021741.82and not Jewish.1742.879
1629 1744.422You know that was my take on it.1745.77 
1631 1746.562But it could have been something else,1747.75 
1633 1747.871but that was my interpretation.1749.233 
1634DCB_int_011749.364Right.1749.615
1635DCB_se3_ag4_f_021750.044You know.1750.422
1637 1751.606So that1752.59 
1639 1753.433and1754.207 
1641 1754.534m- I had my first major crush1756.609 
1643 1757.672on a white guy.1758.623 
1645 1759.414And he didn't give me the time of day.1761.392 
1647 1765.368Didn't look my way.1766.319 
1648DCB_int_011768.352And this was when you were in high school?1770.199
1649DCB_se3_ag4_f_021771.811[This was in middle school]1773.247
1650DCB_int_011771.82[Before you went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/- Oh.] Okay.1773.452
1651DCB_se3_ag4_f_021773.475right when I was starting to get,1774.744
1653 1774.93you know-1775.243 
1655 1775.849like boys and stuff like that.1777.168 
1656DCB_int_011777.279Mm-hm.1777.722
1657DCB_se3_ag4_f_021778.095Like in pubert- puberty or whatever.1780.433
1658DCB_int_011781.168And then how did you leave /RD-SCHOOL-3/?1783.238
1659DCB_se3_ag4_f_021784.286<ts>1784.412
1661 1784.757So1785.634 
1663 1785.862um,1786.576 
1665 1790.739it was a combination of that1792.287 
1667 1792.525and1792.991 
1669 1793.896um,1794.497 
1671 1795.127I think1795.825 
1673 1798.231uh-1798.371 
1675 1798.473You know, maybe something happened in our family where my parents couldn't afford it anymore.1802.326 
1677 1803.494You know?1803.872 
1679 1805.933Um, I don't really-1806.87 
1681 1807.186I'm1807.475 
1683 1807.606not-1807.843 
1685 1807.96I can't even remember what the stor-1809.522 
1687 1809.685you know, the story on that was.1811.219 
1689 1811.439But1811.69 
1691 1811.961I know I wasn't that unhappy about it.1813.616 
1692DCB_int_011814.795[Hm.]1815.135
1693DCB_se3_ag4_f_021814.944[Because] /RD-SCHOOL-2/ was like-1816.195
1694 1817.625/Shoot./ That was the place to be.1819.155
1696 1819.484I mean, you know,1820.119 
1698 1820.52to me.1820.967 
1700 1822.422And1822.79 
1702 1823.033it was definitely1824.441 
1704 1825.177a turning point for me1826.515 
1706 1826.701going there.1827.294 
1707DCB_int_011828.319Why do you say that?1829.047
1708DCB_se3_ag4_f_021830.46Oh my God. It was just-1831.728
1710 1831.979It was a total- Well, f- A little bit it was a culture shock at first1835.415 
1712 1836.982because1837.815 
1714 1837.974um,1838.478 
1716 1839.839I wasn't used to being around all them black people.1841.951 
1718 1843.652<laugh>1844.31 
1720 1845.037And the thing about /RD-SCHOOL-2/ was that1846.655 
1722 1846.748it was1847.434 
1724 1848.119totally mixed,1849.215 
1726 1850.193totally mixed.1851.545 
1728 1852.291It was like the-1852.87 
1730 1853.187the1853.345 
1732 1853.55ultimate melting pot.1854.945 
1734 1856.063And it was1856.468 
1736 1856.911unlike any high school- And it was a huge high school- Unlike,1859.816 
1738 1859.933any high school in the city.1861.355 
1740 1863.019Um,1863.555 
1742 1864.31I mean, you had probably about a equal number of blacks.1867.909 
1744 1868.594You had1869.326 
1746 1870.268um,1871.024 
1748 1871.369Hispanics because you had Columbia Heights kids,1874.883 
1750 1875.317which was Hispanic.1876.473 
1752 1877.495And then you had- And they were from-1879.136 
1754 1879.55You know, they were from a mix of countries,1881.723 
1755DCB_int_011881.755Mm-hm.1882.31
1756DCB_se3_ag4_f_021882.501even though they were all Hispanic, they were a mix- Except they weren't Puerto Ricans. W- I didn't know any Puerto Ricans.1887.149
1758 1887.499But they were South American-1888.795 
1760 1889.229From South American countries most- mainly.1891.5 
1762 1892.235And then you had1893.545 
1764 1893.713um,1894.403 
1766 1896.847blacks from1897.704 
1768 1897.839other-1898.594 
1770 1899.298Like,1899.545 
1772 1900.128maybe West- West Indians?1901.76 
1773DCB_int_011901.765Mm. Mm-hm.1902.376
1774DCB_se3_ag4_f_021902.935And then you had1904.24
1776 1905.005whites1905.835 
1778 1906.958from1907.574 
1780 1908.511that-1908.879 
1782 1909.071up in that area,1909.895 
1784 1910.86from1911.168 
1786 1911.345up in that area where the school was.1912.991 
1787DCB_int_011914.589So you just- [It was very different.]1916.268
1788DCB_se3_ag4_f_021915.191[And then you had- And then] you had socioeconomic1917.615
1789 1917.765[diversity because] you had-1919.536
1790DCB_int_011918.24[Mm.]1918.706
1791DCB_se3_ag4_f_021920.362And this- They're getting rid of this now which is very up-1922.58
1793 1922.939upsetting to me-1923.821 
1795 1925.145<ts> You had-1925.686 
1797 1926.791They bussed in1928.109 
1799 1929.447kids from Southwest, who at the time1932.25 
1801 1932.408were1932.823 
1803 1933.62mainly from1934.715 
1805 1935.032um- I keep saying the projects, and I know they don't call 'em the projects anymore. Low income housing.1939.304 
1806DCB_int_011940.347They still [call them the projects.]1941.69
1807DCB_se3_ag4_f_021940.673[And they were all] black1942.189
1808 1943.233low income kids.1944.408
1810 1944.721So you had all of this mix1946.781 
1812 1947.564in that school1948.324 
1814 1949.872which was a1950.338 
1816 1950.87you know,1951.341 
1818 1952.142but they di-1952.552 
1820 1952.944But we didn't mix.1953.974 
1821DCB_int_011955.453Mm.1955.896
1822DCB_se3_ag4_f_021957.097It's just like wh- What do they say? All- Why'd all the black kids [sit in the classroom?]1960.553
1823misc1959.55[<knocking>]1960.012
1824DCB_int_011960.692Mm-hm.1961.08
1826 1961.252Mm-hm.1961.658 
1827misc1962.632I'm heading out.1963.117
1828DCB_int_011963.237[Okay.1963.585
1829misc1963.242[Sorry.]1963.592
1830 1963.722You're gonna have to lock up.1964.622
1831DCB_int_011964.683Mm, yes ma'am.1965.266
1832misc1965.443Alright.1965.727
1834 1966.31Have a good weekend. <door closes>1967.238 
1835DCB_int_011967.355You too!1968.054
1836DCB_se3_ag4_f_021969.62For the most part we didn't mix.1971.14
1837DCB_int_011974.175And everybody was in their little pocket. Was it1976.235
1839 1976.328by race? Was it by socioeconomic status?1978.753 
1841 1978.87Both?1979.425 
1842DCB_se3_ag4_f_021980.469It was by race,1981.648
1844 1981.76and with- in the blacks, it was socioeconomic.1984.343 
1845DCB_int_011987.405Hm.1987.718
1847 1988.902So how did-1989.42 
1849 1989.583You know, how did the-1990.366 
1850DCB_se3_ag4_f_021990.501Some did- You know, there was a little mixing. Like I had one girlfriend who was black, and she1994.935
1852 1995.317ended up marrying1996.38 
1854 1996.846this guy who was Hispanic. And he didn't hardly ev- speak any English.1999.778 
1856 2000.548But they got married.2001.242 
1858 2001.503They dated,2002.049 
1860 2002.203and then they got married.2002.954 
1862 2004.38But she almost looked s-2005.433 
1864 2006.398You know, she almost didn't look like she was black,2008.189 
1866 2009.774so.2010.152 
1868 2013.07And he came from low income,2014.599 
1870 2015.653Hispanic,2016.292 
1872 2017.61and she was upper middle class black.2019.643 
1874 2020.595So there was some mixing,2022.04 
1876 2022.632li- little,2023.29 
1878 2024.408but overall,2025.256 
1880 2025.918I don't think there was a lot of mixing.2027.294 
1881DCB_int_012031.401Did it work?2032.091
1883 2032.665Do you feel like it was a good education, you had a good experience? Or2035.528 
1885 2035.699no, not so [much?]2036.73 
1886DCB_se3_ag4_f_022036.622[Well you] know, we had it in the classroom, but see I-2038.665
1887 2038.879What I came from? That school was easy to me.2040.945
1889 2041.294That was another good thing2042.473 
1891 2042.608about coming from a rigorous private school.2044.753 
1892DCB_int_012045.583Mm.2045.918
1893DCB_se3_ag4_f_022046.026I mean I went into that school,2047.5
1895 2049.709and it was just easy.2050.8 
1897 2055.807It was easy.2056.581 
1899 2057.28And I did really really well.2058.539 
1901 2058.762I mean I did well2059.713 
1903 2059.829in-2060.235 
1905 2061.14at /RD-SCHOOL-3/,2062.203 
1907 2062.809but I-2063.308 
1909 2064.674I mean I did just as well as the rest of those kids2066.888 
1911 2067but I um-2067.965 
1913 2068.436I-2068.571 
1915 2068.748I feel like I worked harder2070.087 
1916DCB_int_012070.59Mm.2070.823
1917DCB_se3_ag4_f_022071.093to do well.2071.769
1919 2072.967And when I got to /RD-SCHOOL-2/,2074.371 
1921 2074.483I didn't have to work as hard.2075.481 
1923 2077.149And I could tell the difference2078.412 
1925 2079.503in the2080.002 
1927 2082.856um-2083.349 
1929 2086.599I mean I could just tell the difference.2088.101 
1931 2089.237And another thing is that I- when I got As, I didn't want anybody to know it.2092.194 
1932DCB_int_012094.017Why?2094.343
1933DCB_se3_ag4_f_022094.99I remember one time I got like-2096.254
1935 2097.088I don't know. I got maybe-2098.273 
1937 2098.436I probably got all As.2099.896 
1939 2101.419And um-2102.193 
1941 2102.86Because it-2103.336 
1943 2103.569it didn't seem like it was cool.2104.879 
1944DCB_int_012105.709Mm.2106.157
1945DCB_se3_ag4_f_022106.612I don't know where- where I got that from2108.263
1947 2110.501because2111.145 
1949 2111.564you know,2112.035 
1951 2112.735even the black kids that I2113.862 
1953 2113.955I hung out with, they were high achieving.2116.012 
1955 2117.732So I don't know where I got that from.2119.108 
1957 2120.03I mean, it certainly wasn't like,2121.704 
1959 2123.835uh,2124.408 
1961 2124.6/RD-SCHOOL-3/ where2125.932 
1963 2127.009um-2127.501 
1965 2132.039I don't know.2132.566 
1967 2134.982It just seemed different to me.2136.133 
1969 2136.982I mean there was so much else going on there first of all.2139.401 
1971 2140.436It was so much socializing.2141.844 
1973 2142.945Mm.2143.518 
1975 2144.645So many clubs and2146.305 
1977 2148.189you know, homecoming and2149.862 
1979 2150.506all of that stuff.2151.354 
1981 2151.475Parties, and what do you call it-2152.87 
1983 2153.089uh, dances and2154.366 
1985 2155.355all of that stuff.2156.142 
1986DCB_int_012156.52Did you get [involved in all of that stuff?]2158.394
1987DCB_se3_ag4_f_022157.336[/I was alright with-/]2157.984
1988 2158.623Oh yeah.2159.187
1990 2160.101<laugh> [I definitely] got involved in that.2161.75 
1991DCB_int_012160.366[<laugh>]2160.954
1992 2162.105Like what?2162.725
1993DCB_se3_ag4_f_022163.695Oh I loved to- I liked to-2164.781
1995 2165.061I went to the pro- Oh, well first of all, the whole world-2167.663 
1997 2167.769I mean,2167.997 
1999 2168.151there were a lot of-2169.261 
2001 2169.555I had never seen- When I first went there,2171.322 
2003 2173.927<ts> I guess this is sort of like the difference between going to /RD-SCHOOL-2/ and going to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.2176.679 
2005 2177.648If you've [ever walked] up on /RD-SCHOOL-2/'s [campus?]2179.35 
2006DCB_int_012177.984[Mm?]2178.297
2008 2179.243[Mm-hm.]2179.57 
2009DCB_se3_ag4_f_022179.983Versus /RD-SCHOOL-2/'s campus- [cause I went] to /RD-SCHOOL-4/.2181.923
2010DCB_int_012181.028[/?/]2181.294
2011DCB_se3_ag4_f_022182.324[So I know] the difference between /RD-SCHOOL-4/ and /RD-SCHOOL-2/ (laughing)2185.047
2012DCB_int_012182.352[Mm-hm.]2182.846
2013DCB_se3_ag4_f_022185.428when you go and look at the black people.2186.972
2015 2187.639They were all-2188.548 
2017 2188.814they just seemed- they were all really attractive.2191.359 
2019 2192.198They were all2193.154 
2021 2193.326um,2193.974 
2023 2195.658<ts>2195.788 
2025 2195.956you know, dressed- a lot of 'em dressed well.2198.417 
2027 2199.457You know, they were put-2200.105 
2029 2200.217Well put together.2201.63 
2031 2202.679I- Really. When I went up there, I-2204.175 
2033 2204.319I thought that-2204.897 
2035 2205.005I never had seen so many attractive black people in my life.2208.007 
2037 2209.304You know.2209.756 
2039 2211.517You know, they all took a lot of pride in- And then you know, I have to say that2215.341 
2041 2215.718you know,2215.979 
2043 2216.077a lot of those kids2217.27 
2045 2219.285that grew up in s- on-2220.273 
2047 2220.413that were2220.726 
2049 2221.442the s- You know,2222.305 
2051 2222.464this-2222.813 
2053 2222.921this is not- I mean I lived in New Orleans, so2224.968 
2055 2225.117I mean,2225.555 
2057 2226.222they were like,2227.308 
2059 2228.86bordering- Some of 'em were bordering on not even looking black.2231.667 
2061 2234.221You know.2234.599 
2063 2234.715And they had the nice2236.016 
2065 2236.152you know, whatever- My daughter gets mad when I say this,2238.175 
2067 2238.259but good hair.2239.058 
2069 2240.468And um,2241.503 
2071 2242.809you know,2243.238 
2073 2243.742features, you know-2244.949 
2075 2245.168They were-2245.494 
2077 2245.704They- You know, they- it- it- You know, it- I don't think it's any secret that2248.865 
2079 2249.247at least at one point in this2250.879 
2081 2251.61country because of2253.541 
2083 2255.854you know, slavery and2257.434 
2085 2258.501the light skin, dark skin thing, and2261.047 
2087 2261.676all of that,2262.311 
2089 2262.446that2262.716 
2091 2263.117a lot of people who got the opportunities,2265.406 
2093 2266.389were lighter skinned people.2267.765 
2095 2270.795And that2271.214 
2097 2271.406is very prominent in this city.2273.513 
2099 2275.489You know, it's prominent. I mean it was at one point, prominent.2278.194 
2100DCB_int_012279.355Mm.2279.718
2101DCB_se3_ag4_f_022280.516When I was coming up, that was prominent,2282.203
2103 2283.298and you could see the difference.2284.66 
2105 2285.429And when I got to New Orleans, let's not even talk about New Orleans.2288.431 
2106DCB_int_012290.557Same thing? [Or worse?]2291.9
2107DCB_se3_ag4_f_022291.112[I mean they still] have-2292.166
2108 2292.269Oh, it's much worse.2293.304
2109DCB_int_012293.536Mm.2293.801
2110DCB_se3_ag4_f_022294.664Much worse.2295.406
2112 2297.891You know.2298.245 
2114 2299.778So a lot of those kids2301.657 
2116 2303.024were2303.541 
2118 2304.8you know-2305.201 
2120 2306.305And then we had some mixed race kids too.2307.961 
2122 2309.355We had some biracial kids, which was not2311.201 
2124 2311.47all that2311.974 
2126 2313.168common back then,2314.04 
2128 2315.243to have biracial-2315.975 
2130 2316.45biracial kids.2317.397 
2132 2319.06You know.2319.518 
2133DCB_int_012319.872Who did they hang out with?2320.828
2134DCB_se3_ag4_f_022323.192Well it depends on what they do- who they identify with like,2325.96
2135DCB_int_012326.044Mm.2326.324
2136DCB_se3_ag4_f_022327I mean,2327.453
2138 2328.171the2328.352 
2140 2328.53two that I knew2329.523 
2142 2332.748hung out with black-2333.644 
2144 2333.923Well one I grew-2334.716 
2146 2334.823One grew up in my neighborhood.2336.622 
2148 2337.671And um,2338.511 
2150 2341.149I-2341.284 
2152 2341.624You know, I think2342.254 
2154 2342.566their f-2342.907 
2156 2343.056W- Well their father was African American and their mother was2346.077 
2158 2346.385white,2346.656 
2160 2347.01from England.2347.82 
2162 2348.576And the father I think made a concerted effort2351.07 
2164 2351.224to2351.746 
2166 2352.464integrate them2353.374 
2168 2354.804into2355.406 
2170 2356.007the black community, so2357.471 
2172 2357.896I'm pretty sure he did.2358.87 
2174 2359.438So2360.123 
2176 2360.375um,2360.897 
2178 2362.291<ts>2362.422 
2180 2362.571she definitely-2363.592 
2182 2364.059They definitely identified2365.568 
2184 2365.662with2366.1 
2186 2367.42uh, black people. Now2368.501 
2188 2369.126that being said2370.096 
2190 2371.386he made a concerted2372.338 
2192 2372.571d- effort to integrate them, but not to the point where he was-2375.313 
2194 2376.716You know (laughing),2377.234 
2196 2378.072drop 'em in the-2378.729 
2198 2378.893dropping in them in the hood.2380.105 
2199DCB_int_012380.838[<laugh>]2382.637
2200DCB_se3_ag4_f_022380.842[<laugh>]2381.275
2202 2382.25[You know.]2382.642 
2203 2383.331He didn't want them to be that entrenched.2385.597
2204DCB_int_012386.046<laugh>2386.655
2206 2387.504So2387.951 
2208 2388.273to a point,2388.851 
2210 2389.009but not-2389.414 
2211DCB_se3_ag4_f_022389.4Only to a point.2390.258
2212DCB_int_012390.487[Mm.]2390.823
2213DCB_se3_ag4_f_022390.496[I think] h- Yeah.2391.41
2214DCB_int_012392.469Now where'd they live?2393.336
2216 2393.453D-2393.63 
2218 2393.807Do you know?2394.227 
2219DCB_se3_ag4_f_022395.13Where did they l- They lived down the street from me.2397.196
2220DCB_int_012397.354Okay.2397.681
2221DCB_se3_ag4_f_022397.685But-2397.859
2223 2397.979But we went to-2399.098 
2225 2399.569We went to school uptown.2401.178 
2227 2401.918[I mean we-]2402.361 
2228DCB_int_012401.927[Gotcha.]2402.244
2229DCB_se3_ag4_f_022402.445They went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/. Well the bro-2403.942
2231 2404.082the brother went to /RD-SCHOOL-2/.2405.434 
2232DCB_int_012405.979When you say uptown, what do you mean?2407.392
2233DCB_se3_ag4_f_022407.722Uptown is like,2408.963
2235 2410.156um-2410.786 
2237 2412.054Sixteenth Street is upto- upper-2413.685 
2239 2413.843upper Northwest.2414.977 
2241 2415.751Upper Northwest, like,2416.879 
2243 2417.145where /RD-SCHOOL-2/ was.2418.152 
2245 2419.102That's uh, considered upper Northwest.2420.953 
2247 2422.138Um,2422.683 
2249 2423.359that's considered uptown.2424.642 
2251 2426.091Um,2426.692 
2253 2428.506Georgetown and- and above-2430.311 
2255 2431.508G- GW would be considered downtown,2433.662 
2257 2434.982you know.2435.425 
2259 2437.862Um,2438.403 
2261 2441.411so.2441.756 
2262DCB_int_012442.875Huh.2443.075
2264 2443.396I never2443.951 
2266 2444.156heard anybody explain it that way, but that2445.979 
2268 2446.142helps me.2446.609 
2270 2447.098[GW] being down- I mean [understanding that] that's the downtown [area.]2450.683 
2271DCB_se3_ag4_f_022447.196[/Uh./]2447.518
2273 2448.734[Yeah, G- s-]2449.293 
2275 2450.039[GT is in the middle-]2450.953 
2276 2451.112Yeah, it's2451.55
2278 2451.681j- in the middle of downtown, yeah.2453.313 
2279DCB_int_012453.648[Oh.]2454.297
2280DCB_se3_ag4_f_022453.868[It's in the] Foggy Bottom area,2455.489
2281DCB_int_012455.48Mm-hm.2455.899
2282DCB_se3_ag4_f_022455.895but that's downtown. Some people might consider that to be Georgetown2459.681
2283 2461.974because2462.872
2285 2465.103it's in proximity to Georgetown. But I never considered it be Georgetown because they call it Foggy Bottom2470.397 
2287 2470.902[first of] all.2471.54 
2288DCB_int_012470.949[They-]2471.201
2290 2471.49Mm-hm.2471.965 
2291DCB_se3_ag4_f_022472.73And um,2473.522
2293 2476.842I wish I knew more uh- had a more of a-2479.145 
2295 2479.61knew as much history about the area as some of my friends know about it.2483.224 
2297 2484.539You know, because you know,2485.635 
2299 2487.508all of these areas-2488.52 
2301 2490.068You know a lot of these2490.907 
2303 2491.335rich areas2492.398 
2305 2492.753now-2493.051 
2307 2493.149Georgetown and Foggy Bottom, there were slaves living there.2495.639 
2308DCB_int_012496.71Mm-hm.2497.13
2309DCB_se3_ag4_f_022497.111I think you know that.2497.923
2310 2498.958I mean they still got black churches in Georgetown.2500.921
2311DCB_int_012501.336[Mm-hm.]2501.858
2312DCB_se3_ag4_f_022501.667[And there's] a reason for that.2502.665
2313 2503.405It's because black people used to live there.2504.827
2315 2505.434There's still uh-2506.333 
2317 2506.646And then they got2507.359 
2319 2507.989kicked out2508.469 
2321 2509.396basically.2510.044 
2322DCB_int_012513.415I don't know the whole history, but I've2515.149
2324 2515.629always wondered about the churches2517.429 
2326 2518.184um, when I went to school there.2519.453 
2327DCB_se3_ag4_f_022519.439Why they have black churches in Georgetown (laughing)?2521.834
2328DCB_int_012522.627Makes sense. Making the [connection /inaudible/.]2524.557
2329DCB_se3_ag4_f_022523.797[And the black people still] go there.2525.215
2330 2525.737There's still a few scattered around black families there2529.415
2332 2529.727that didn't sell when2530.912 
2334 2531.662um,2532.264 
2336 2534.534when they were approached.2535.793 
2338 2537.858You know, cause my ex husband actually2539.857 
2340 2540.17um-2540.501 
2342 2541.326His father,2542.212 
2344 2542.385um,2542.73 
2346 2543.69he-2543.928 
2348 2544.516He's not from here. He's from South Carolina, but he's older than me. He's2547.648 
2350 2548.604sixty- He's in like his mid sixties. And his father actually worked2552.981 
2352 2553.172for a Jewish man-2554.623 
2354 2555.042the Jewish man that was2556.082 
2356 2556.329largely responsible for2558.147 
2358 2558.855taking their property from those black people.2560.893 
2360 2562.94You know.2563.287 
2362 2565.741And moving them2566.846 
2364 2567.373to Anacostia2568.609 
2366 2568.999where at the time, white people lived.2570.804 
2367DCB_int_012573.961And now that's a very different2575.587
2369 2575.75area.2576.147 
2371 2578.692I wanna ask you a question, but before- Cause I wanna ask how you- about college. But before that,2582.949 
2373 2583.634do you remember the riots? The sixties,2586.115 
2374DCB_se3_ag4_f_022586.045<laugh>2586.721
2375DCB_int_012586.963um-2587.374
2376DCB_se3_ag4_f_022587.68[I'm not that old (whispering).]2588.412
2377DCB_int_012587.694[I don't know how-]2588.408
2378 2588.627[That's what-]2588.977
2379DCB_se3_ag4_f_022588.641[<laugh>] I'm [just kidding. <laugh>]2589.923
2380DCB_int_012589.182[So I think you were] really young,2590.746
2381DCB_se3_ag4_f_022591.084I [was really young.]2591.849
2382DCB_int_012591.233[but do you have] any2592.199
2383 2592.516like- how it affected you as a- a very young person or how you heard your parents talk about it?2597.415
2384DCB_se3_ag4_f_022592.52[Yeah.]2592.819
2385 2598.636So2599.54
2387 2599.993um,2600.45 
2389 2601.634w- Okay.2602.119 
2391 2602.361The-2602.487 
2393 2602.706Were the riots happen in sixty2604.054 
2395 2604.534three?2604.791 
2396DCB_int_012605.248There was [sixty three and then sixty] eight.2607.191
2397DCB_se3_ag4_f_022605.615[No, /sixties/.]2606.342
2398DCB_int_012608.058Um-2608.73
2399DCB_se3_ag4_f_022608.949Okay, I have to remember.2609.877
2401 2610.003Okay, so-2611.308 
2402DCB_int_012612.408I think the looting was- Was that sixty-eight-ish?2616.049
2403DCB_se3_ag4_f_022616.609When did- When was Martin Luther King- King2618.333
2404DCB_int_012618.501That [was sixty] eight.2619.401
2405DCB_se3_ag4_f_022618.622[killed?]2618.995
2406 2619.625He was killed in sixty eight?2620.8
2407DCB_int_012622.073Am I making that up?2622.875
2409 2623.116Or [sixty] three?2623.89 
2410DCB_se3_ag4_f_022623.321[No.]2623.61
2411DCB_int_012625.032Maybe it's sixty three.2626.016
2413 2626.133Now I'm getting all confused.2627.495 
2414DCB_se3_ag4_f_022627.518Me too.2628.035
2415DCB_int_012629.038Sixties.2629.68
2416DCB_se3_ag4_f_022630.272It was in the [sixties. I was a little girl] in the sixties.2633.112
2417DCB_int_012630.804[<laugh>]2631.951
2418DCB_se3_ag4_f_022633.215I was2633.709
2420 2634.129born in sixty one.2635.224 
2422 2636.063So2636.832 
2424 2637.023I think2637.951 
2426 2639.359I remember2640.366 
2428 2642.025the march on Washington. My mother was-2644.915 
2430 2645.05So he was still alive,2646.361 
2432 2648.025and I shoulda know this cause I saw something about Kennedy the other day2650.916 
2434 2652.09on hi- by his assassination, but2654.077 
2436 2654.258um,2654.617 
2438 2657.288<ts>2657.405 
2440 2657.461I know my mother said she didn't go to the march on Washington because2660.436 
2442 2663.61she was pregnant with2665.032 
2444 2666.481my brother.2667.181 
2446 2668.309Think my younger brother, so that was sixty three.2670.589 
2448 2673.292So that means I was-2674.743 
2450 2676.267I don't know.2676.748 
2452 2678.08I don't have any independent recollection of that.2680.519 
2453DCB_int_012680.906Mm.2681.134
2454DCB_se3_ag4_f_022681.339I-2681.671
2456 2682.025I have2682.794 
2458 2683.634some2684.16 
2460 2684.817remembrances of things that happened in the sixties like,2687.717 
2462 2688.538um,2689.149 
2464 2693.083I remember my mother talking about- And I don't remember this, but I remember my mother talking about- So we lived2698.328 
2466 2699.442um-2699.899 
2468 2700.738So we lived- There's this bridge called the Susan Bridge,2703.353 
2469DCB_int_012704.15Mm-hm.2704.481
2470DCB_se3_ag4_f_022704.523which separated2705.633
2472 2706.3um,2706.687 
2474 2707.806Southeast from b- really the rest of the city.2710.094 
2476 2710.817And so2711.759 
2478 2712.692when2713.144 
2480 2713.307the- either the ri- when the riots happened, they-2716.23 
2482 2716.799they had the um-2717.918 
2484 2719.657<ts>2719.783 
2486 2719.839What do you call those2720.938 
2488 2721.484people?2721.917 
2490 2723.395The National Guard2724.687 
2492 2726.22shut the bridge down,2727.362 
2494 2729.018so we couldn't get in or out.2730.654 
2496 2731.89And so my mother used to always say- And not- She's not the only one that said this. I heard a lot of people say this-2736.5 
2498 2736.85That was to contain the black people2738.557 
2500 2739.651cause most of the black people lived across the bridge in Southeast.2742.421 
2502 2744.793Um,2745.334 
2504 2746.887I also remember2748.025 
2506 2749.517at the church2750.272 
2508 2750.826that I w- went to, which was across the street,2752.938 
2510 2753.181um-2753.587 
2512 2756.91I don't know what this was, but2758.188 
2514 2758.733they had- we had a very liberal minister. He w-2761.018 
2516 2761.13He was a white guy, but for some reason he wanted to come to a black church.2764.225 
2518 2765.503And um-2766.141 
2520 2768.761Probably to prove how liberal he was.2770.514 
2522 2771.568And he had-2772.263 
2524 2773.2He /rused/ to wear his hair- hair long which2774.938 
2526 2775.465the men-2775.857 
2528 2775.978the white men did at that time.2777.447 
2530 2778.808So you know, he was kind of a different priest kind- type of minister,2781.958 
2532 2782.328you know,2782.701 
2534 2783.703and real progressive-2785.216 
2536 2785.648Whatever.2786.257 
2538 2787.526I remember there being2788.836 
2540 2789.251people-2789.633 
2542 2789.848They let people sleep in the church2791.522 
2544 2792.378when people- And that might have been Vietnam.2794.038 
2545DCB_int_012795.493Mm.2795.671
2547 2795.899Mm-hm.2796.216 
2548DCB_se3_ag4_f_022796.431You know, it was2797.228
2550 2797.433a lot going on in DC.2798.613 
2551DCB_int_012798.835[/Yeah./]2799.101
2552DCB_se3_ag4_f_022798.854[But I] was real little,2799.684
2553 2799.903<laugh> so2800.537
2555 2801.587um,2801.964 
2557 2804.123that mighta been when the people came to protest for Vietnam,2806.653 
2558DCB_int_012806.794Okay.2807.148
2559DCB_se3_ag4_f_022807.251and then he would let them sleep.2808.594
2561 2809.116They would-2809.447 
2563 2809.648They would camp- They could camp out in the church. I remember that-2812.565 
2565 2813.638visually remembering that.2814.906 
2567 2816.425You know.2816.827 
2569 2818.085If I had other people, my friends, my brothers here, they probably could jog my memory.2822.221 
2570DCB_int_012823.083And I have no [recollection], like, [you know.]2825.041
2571DCB_se3_ag4_f_022823.992[Yeah.]2824.495
2573 2824.738[I] know you wouldn't have any recollection of any of it.2827.088 
2574 2827.279Yeah, so2828.184
2576 2829.456you know.2829.768 
2577DCB_int_012830.192So how did you get to /RD-SCHOOL-1/?2831.349
2578DCB_se3_ag4_f_022833.284Um,2833.946
2580 2835.311I am-2836.015 
2582 2836.654Back then,2837.307 
2584 2841.381they were dying for black kids.2843.097 
2586 2844.85Black kids, they thought were smart,2846.313 
2588 2846.523and they would throw money at you.2847.759 
2590 2849.046<ts>2849.158 
2592 2850.048Um,2850.552 
2594 2850.771somehow though, I decided that that was the um-2853.563 
2596 2856.193I don't know how I decided that.2857.634 
2598 2860.598That was the school I wanted to go to somehow I decided, and so I-2864.459 
2600 2865.153I applied Early Decision.2866.687 
2602 2868.03And I got in.2868.72 
2604 2870.453And I got some money, but2871.544 
2606 2871.689back then, money did- it didn't even really, you know-2874.062 
2608 2874.496You didn't even need that much money to go to college. <laugh>2876.999 
2610 2877.255Not like you do today.2878.328 
2611DCB_int_012878.416Right.2878.766
2612DCB_se3_ag4_f_022879.088So my parents probably coulda paid for it.2881.321
2614 2881.456They w-2881.699 
2616 2882.128coulda paid for it anyway,2883.316 
2618 2883.442but2883.623 
2620 2884.612I did get some money.2885.638 
2622 2887.419Um,2887.951 
2624 2888.08and then I went-2888.775 
2626 2889.148Then I-2889.572 
2628 2889.889I um-2890.407 
2630 2892.748<ts>2892.846 
2632 2894.724I w-2895.003 
2634 2895.418went there.2895.913 
2636 2896.691And then there was another girl from my neighborhood that I knew that was a-2899.61 
2638 2900.044there before me so I went up there and visited.2902.491 
2640 2903.754And um,2904.743 
2642 2906.3you know,2906.641 
2644 2906.812I really liked it.2907.526 
2646 2909.577I mean I liked it.2910.445 
2648 2911.974I don't think I applied to any other school.2913.572 
2650 2915.587I don't remember applying to any other school.2917.33 
2651DCB_int_012918.71So how'd you get back to /RD-SCHOOL-4/?2920.038
2652DCB_se3_ag4_f_022921.022Well this is the private- per- personal part of it.2923.54
2654 2923.736I had2924.384 
2656 2924.495a-2924.616 
2658 2924.877um-2925.087 
2660 2925.432really big problem with depression.2926.952 
2662 2927.992And I still do.2928.855 
2664 2929.652Um,2930.179 
2666 2931.027so2931.609 
2668 2931.749I-2932.323 
2670 2932.934And it started when I was in high school.2934.962 
2672 2935.601I had my first episode in high school.2937.451 
2674 2939.032And then,2939.684 
2676 2940.477my parents,2941.2 
2678 2942.406because they were2943.241 
2680 2944.29educated and progressive,2946.151 
2682 2947.363and f-2948.188 
2684 2949.903They- You know, there wasn't-2951.092 
2686 2951.643They didn't have that-2952.915 
2688 2953.139I mean I have to say that that's what it is because you know, people in the black community do not2956.985 
2690 2957.293deal well with2958.127 
2692 2958.673mental illness. And that's a special2960.417 
2694 2960.826um,2961.171 
2696 2961.796issue t- That's a2962.607 
2698 2962.766issue of great concern to me.2964.398 
2700 2965.843You know, being with somebody who has struggled with mental illness,2968.267 
2702 2969.325and um,2970.113 
2704 2972.081they sent me to a psychiatrist.2973.707 
2706 2974.323He was a black guy,2975.246 
2708 2975.866probably one of the few in the city2977.275 
2710 2977.615at the time.2978.174 
2712 2978.915And so I-2979.95 
2714 2980.985You know, that's when I got diagnosed.2982.743 
2716 2984.361But he thought that I2985.634 
2718 2985.731um,2986.141 
2720 2986.631was just having a-2987.624 
2722 2989.074like a-2989.517 
2724 2990.105You know they have this thing with like-2991.325 
2726 2992.523that I2992.957 
2728 2993.074was having an episode because I was-2995.111 
2730 2996.01because it was2996.644 
2732 2996.859l- like separation2998.262 
2734 2999.381from y- my parents,3000.505 
2735DCB_int_013000.477Mm.3000.668
2736DCB_se3_ag4_f_023000.724that3000.86
2738 3001.083you know,3001.349 
2740 3002.747um, in going away to college.3004.593 
2742 3005.022But it turned out to be something3006.57 
2744 3006.846more than that. So when I went to sc- when I went away,3009.568 
2746 3010.286I3010.882 
2748 3012.216had another episode,3013.498 
2750 3014.038and so I- You know, I didn't3016.104 
2752 3016.621really know how to deal with it.3018.067 
2754 3018.771So I just decided that I wanted to come home.3020.701 
2755DCB_int_013021.106Mm.3021.358
2756DCB_se3_ag4_f_023021.978You know, and I came home.3023.405
2757DCB_int_013026.551And /RD-SCHOOL-4/-3027.306
2759 3027.577And you went to /RD-SCHOOL-4/.3028.598 
2761 3029.06Did you get [really]-3029.904 
2762DCB_se3_ag4_f_023029.591[<scoff>]3029.899
2763 3030.095I hated /RD-SCHOOL-4/.3031.046
2764DCB_int_013031.242Well,3031.573
2766 3031.727Georgetown is great. No- (laughing).3033.148 
2767DCB_se3_ag4_f_023033.395[Geo- I should have gone- I wanted to go] to Georgetown. I mean, I don't know what Georgetown's like now, but3037.368
2768DCB_int_013033.409[<laugh>]3034.887
2769DCB_se3_ag4_f_023037.979Georgetown back then-3039.185
2771 3039.754You know, you're talking about the Georgetown of those basketball players.3042.738 
2773 3043.693Okay,3044.109 
2775 3044.178that was-3044.793 
2777 3045.367We used to- We used to even go- There was a place3047.731 
2779 3047.852on Georgetown's campus.3050.342 
2781 3051.987I can't remember the name of it now (whispering).3053.465 
2783 3054.123But it was like The Cellar.3055.326 
2784DCB_int_013055.993The Tombs.3056.79
2785DCB_se3_ag4_f_023057.143Yeah, the- I think they changed names.3058.966
2787 3059.148We- They had black night there.3060.757 
2789 3062.369And that place,3062.975 
2791 3063.153which was hopping,3064.057 
2793 3064.188okay?3064.542 
2795 3065.335It was like Thursday nights or something like that.3067.624 
2797 3068.831But that was when Patrick Ewing and3070.64 
2799 3072.085them were there,3072.869 
2801 3073.041and3073.34 
2803 3073.47it was3073.895 
2805 3074.202very-3074.767 
2807 3075.218They had quite-3075.955 
2809 3076.22You know, and I hear this about3077.456 
2811 3077.778a lot of the colleges throughout the country. They're not as um-3080.999 
2813 3081.544Cause I had a girlfriend that when to Brown, and you would go on Brown's campus,3084.65 
2815 3085.662and you wouldn't know you were on a white school campus.3088.043 
2817 3089.134They would have parties- Like, they were partying in the hood3091.606 
2819 3093.129on Brown's campus. And same with Harvard.3094.929 
2821 3096.333Cause when I was in- in Boston, we would go to Harvard,3098.78 
2823 3099.721and3099.973 
2825 3100.654I mean-3101.069 
2827 3101.615But I understand the schools are not like that anymore.3104.095 
2829 3104.775And that's how Georgetown was.3106.178 
2831 3107.876Okay?3108.235 
2833 3109.205And /RD-SCHOOL-4/ did-3109.997 
2835 3110.128s- I don't know how /RD-SCHOOL-4/ fell- fell by the [wayside] (laughing).3113.176 
2836DCB_int_013112.579[<laugh>]3113.293
2837DCB_se3_ag4_f_023113.871But /RD-SCHOOL-4/ was not3114.995
2839 3115.279um,3115.592 
2841 3116.281you know-3116.641 
2843 3117.008It wasn't quite like that,3118.141 
2845 3118.416but3118.687 
2847 3119.75it was um-3120.538 
2849 3120.971And you know, I was a commuter student too, so it was kind of hard to get really-3124.845 
2851 3125.554And it was so different from /RD-SCHOOL-1/. I had-3127.47 
2853 3128.268I made such-3129.246 
2855 3129.404As a matter of fact, one of my best friends to this day, even though I was there for a half an hour-3133.251 
2857 3133.843The I was telling you who-3134.942 
2859 3135.456who's on the3135.997 
2861 3136.328uh,3136.584 
2863 3136.771Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club in Westchester?3139.167 
2865 3139.699I met her at /RD-SCHOOL-1/.3140.701 
2866DCB_int_013141.05Mm.3141.376
2867DCB_se3_ag4_f_023141.572She's still my good friend.3142.739
2869 3143.377I mean like, for-3144.193 
2871 3144.347thirty something years later.3145.614 
2873 3147.46And she's the Godmother to my daughter,3149.237 
2875 3150.072so3150.645 
2877 3151.149you know, I3151.68 
2879 3151.853really bonded with a lot of people there3153.833 
2881 3154.463at /RD-SCHOOL-1/.3155.088 
2883 3155.633So I was heartbroken when I had to come home, but I was just too sick.3158.739 
2885 3160.328You know, I was too sick, or I f-3162.025 
2887 3162.225You know.3162.603 
2889 3165.092So3165.703 
2891 3165.801um, that's how I ended- I actually made the decision to go to /RD-SCHOOL-4/ because I didn't have a car,3170.258 
2893 3171.325and3171.973 
2895 3173.228I knew3173.582 
2897 3174.016I would have to catch the Metro.3175.335 
2899 3176.417So it was a practical decision.3178.397 
2900misc3180.566I'm just saying goodnight and let you know I'm leaving.3182.086
2901DCB_int_013182.193Goodnight, I'll see you Monday.3183.353
2902DCB_se3_ag4_f_023183.446Goodnight.3183.889
2904 3184.985I didn't wanna go to Howard because I didn't think-3186.804 
2906 3187.508Well,3187.727 
2908 3187.857that's another thing. My girlfriend and I were talking about this.3190.288 
2910 3191.036/Unintelligible/.3191.526 
2912 3191.633The same girlfriend of mine because her son goes to Howard, and now my daughter goes to Spelman. And we were like,3196.076 
2914 3196.197wait a minute.3196.766 
2916 3198.533You know,3198.953 
2918 3199.344it's something about3200.23 
2920 3200.793that3201.036 
2922 3201.278generation. Now you-3202.29 
2924 3202.901you know, you3203.372 
2926 3203.726are clearly the exception but3205.139 
2928 3205.279it's something about that generation. We3207.269 
2930 3207.992were like-3208.579 
2932 3209.237My parents went to black schools.3211.2 
2934 3211.871They had to go to black schools.3213.372 
2936 3214.267Her parents went to black schools. They had to go to black schools.3217.256 
2938 3220.309O- Once we got the o-3221.657 
2940 3221.838the-3222.09 
2942 3222.888the choice,3223.825 
2944 3225.302a lot of us turned-3226.342 
2946 3226.645turned our noses up against black schools.3228.752 
2947DCB_int_013229.177Mm.3229.452
2948DCB_se3_ag4_f_023229.494So Howard wasn't even really a consideration for me.3232.08
2950 3232.523Even though I know-3233.162 
2952 3233.349I know3233.675 
2954 3233.848people that went to Howard.3234.818 
2956 3235.848You know, but a lot of people3236.994 
2958 3237.218in3237.409 
2960 3237.661this city went- they went to Howard by default.3239.521 
2962 3241.634/Funny./3242.207 
2964 3242.635You know (laughing).3243.278 
2966 3246.202You know, so3247.004 
2968 3248.305you know. But that's how I felt about it.3250.011 
2970 3250.118And when she and I talked about it,3251.521 
2972 3251.68and she was like, Well that-3252.957 
2974 3253.666you know, that's had to have been going-3255.045 
2976 3255.33Aside from the fact that3256.435 
2978 3256.547white schools w-3257.181 
2980 3257.498were throwing money at us.3258.65 
2981DCB_int_013259.125Mm.3259.312
2982DCB_se3_ag4_f_023260.169So3260.599
2984 3261.25you know-3261.633 
2986 3264.748you know that was a big consideration too.3266.37 
2988 3267.031But that didn't h- have say anything to do with why I didn't apply to Howard.3270.006 
2990 3271.177[You know.]3271.578 
2991DCB_int_013271.186[<laugh>]3273.181
2992DCB_se3_ag4_f_023271.89[<laugh>]3272.672
2993 3273.381But Howard did not have- Howard didn't have a Metro at the time either.3276.622
2994DCB_int_013278.044That is true.3278.687
2995DCB_se3_ag4_f_023279.432Howard did not have a Metro, so /RD-SCHOOL-4/ was3282.048
2997 3283.195Catholic,3283.848 
2999 3284.859AU.3285.334 
3001 3286.164I didn't think about those.3287.26 
3003 3288.225So that's how I ended up at /RD-SCHOOL-4/.3289.997 
3005 3291.526And um,3292.239 
3007 3292.551/RD-SCHOOL-4/ was not as hard as /RD-SCHOOL-1/.3294.431 
3009 3295.62That's another thing. That's ho- [I mean] because I've been to- through different schools, I can say3299.553 
3010DCB_int_013296.728[Hm?]3296.933
3011DCB_se3_ag4_f_023300.706you know, that certain schools are harder than others.3302.883
3012DCB_int_013303.264Mm-hm.3303.572
3013DCB_se3_ag4_f_023304.528You know,3304.82
3015 3304.943/RD-SCHOOL-4/ wasn't as hard as /RD-SCHOOL-1/.3306.608 
3017 3308.403You know.3308.781 
3018DCB_int_013309.456That surprises me.3310.486
3020 3311.428People talk about the academic rigor of /RD-SCHOOL-4/.3313.708 
3021DCB_se3_ag4_f_023313.713I think /RD-SCHOOL-4/ has changed.3315.292
3022DCB_int_013315.661Mm.3316.141
3023DCB_se3_ag4_f_023316.645I don't know, maybe it hasn't.3317.824
3025 3320.067I don't know.3320.589 
3027 3321.264Maybe it was just my experience, but-3323.148 
3029 3323.232but maybe3323.843 
3031 3323.946they talk about the academic /of/ rigor, but3325.946 
3033 3326.608/RD-SCHOOL-1/ was a little Ivy.3328.071 
3035 3329.302I mean as /academic r- -ly/ as /RD-SCHOOL-4/ may or may not be, it is not academically as rigorous,3335.251 
3037 3335.367a- I can say for sure, as Harvard.3337.442 
3039 3338.324So [you have] different levels of academic rigor.3340.673 
3040DCB_int_013338.504[/Oh./]3338.784
3041 3341.046Right.3341.302
3042DCB_se3_ag4_f_023342.281You know?3342.645
3044 3343.452I don't know.3344.044 
3046 3345.129[I know] I went t- to those two schools and they-3347.269 
3047DCB_int_013345.181[/Could-/]3345.367
3048DCB_se3_ag4_f_023347.745/RD-SCHOOL-4/- And I had the same major. /RD-SCHOOL-4/ was not3350.487
3050 3351.913as hard.3352.467 
3051DCB_int_013353.228What was your major in college?3354.309
3052DCB_se3_ag4_f_023354.435Psychology.3355.233
3053DCB_int_013355.172Psychology.3355.797
3054DCB_se3_ag4_f_023355.704Surprise surprise.3356.767
3055DCB_int_013357.796So how did you end up-3358.99
3057 3359.395How did you-3359.904 
3059 3360.174Because your dad was an attorney, is that why you wanted to be an attorney?3362.915 
3060DCB_se3_ag4_f_023363.274Mm, no, not really.3364.412
3062 3365.339I think my mother really kind of pushed me.3367.289 
3064 3369.707My father was very happy and very proud of me, no mistake.3372.561 
3066 3375.651Um, and he did-3376.817 
3068 3379.773I really wanted to be a psychologist,3381.698 
3070 3382.57and um,3383.437 
3072 3383.708he did3384.407 
3074 3385.247um,3385.727 
3076 3385.871he did tell me that he thought I would make more m-3388.029 
3078 3388.318I wanted to get3389.041 
3080 3389.894um- I-3390.337 
3082 3390.533I wanted to get a-3391.205 
3084 3391.573maybe a big3392.212 
3086 3392.392um-3392.784 
3088 3395.353<ts>3395.484 
3090 3395.568I wanted to get a PhD in Psychology.3397.279 
3092 3397.372Maybe a combined PhD3399.129 
3094 3399.306JD,3399.787 
3095DCB_int_013400.202Mm-hm.3400.533
3096DCB_se3_ag4_f_023400.551which was a program they had at the time.3402.294
3098 3404.361But he told me that he-3405.53 
3100 3405.941he told me that um,3407.33 
3102 3408.72I mean,3409.13 
3104 3409.47you know.3409.767 
3106 3410.108He was a man of3410.947 
3108 3412.146few words but3413.242 
3110 3413.871he told me that3414.645 
3112 3414.934he thought I would make more money as a lawyer,3416.835 
3114 3417.568that I wouldn't ma-3418.024 
3116 3418.22I wouldn't make as much money as a um-3420.058 
3118 3421.466as a-3422.116 
3120 3424.943as a psychologist.3426.244 
3121DCB_int_013429.409[And so] attorney you were.3430.528
3122DCB_se3_ag4_f_023429.474[S-]3429.684
3123 3431.046That's right.3431.545
3124DCB_int_013432.291And you've been doing it for-3433.498
3126 3433.895That's been3434.487 
3128 3434.682pretty much your whole adult careers?3436.286 
3130 3436.957[In the legal field?]3437.838 
3131DCB_se3_ag4_f_023436.962[That's been my only] career3438.375
3132 3438.902as a d- as an adult.3440.096
3133DCB_int_013442.854Have you enjoyed it?3443.661
3134DCB_se3_ag4_f_023443.894No.3444.225
3136 3444.575I have not enjoyed it.3445.559 
3138 3449.19I'm happy for the3450.342 
3140 3450.496uh-3451.041 
3142 3451.233What do you call it?3451.787 
3144 3457.051Some of the skills that I've learn-3459.036 
3146 3459.246that I learned in law school, but /oof/.3461.521 
3148 3463.885Mm-mm. It's-3464.487 
3150 3464.943Mm-mm.3465.334 
3152 3466.985I mean-3467.391 
3154 3471.665No, I haven't enjoyed it.3472.845 
3156 3475.456And3475.769 
3158 3477.33you know, I struggled through law school.3479.148 
3160 3480.216So3480.794 
3162 3482.691you know,3482.975 
3164 3484.202common sense should have told me that I wasn't going to enjoy [being a lawyer (laughing).]3487.523 
3165DCB_int_013486.752[<laugh>]3488.669
3166DCB_se3_ag4_f_023489.992I mean, it's just like,3490.729
3168 3490.868killing yourself to get through engineering school, and then expecting you- expecting you to like being an engineer.3495.477 
3170 3496.477[You know?]3497.102 
3171DCB_int_013496.551[Doesn't work?]3497.242
3172DCB_se3_ag4_f_023497.479No.3497.992
3174 3498.356You know?3498.71 
3176 3499.279And I just-3500.234 
3178 3501.376You know.3501.735 
3180 3503.214I like the idea of the-3504.794 
3182 3504.995the-3505.307 
3184 3505.564you know,3505.937 
3186 3506.417the-3506.664 
3188 3507.637the title3508.346 
3190 3508.551I guess, and3509.293 
3192 3510.281you know, people-3510.967 
3194 3511.074Some people are impressed.3512.496 
3196 3514.034And I think when I first came out, I was impressed with myself,3516.403 
3198 3516.939but it was because I um,3518.571 
3200 3520.318<ts>3520.407 
3202 3520.463I worked so hard.3521.573 
3204 3522.025And I really didn't think I was gonna make it through.3523.923 
3206 3526.878I worked really hard. And- and part of me-3528.813 
3208 3528.957I mean I know a big part of me is3530.627 
3210 3531.325um-3531.731 
3212 3532.435I am-3533.214 
3214 3537.33I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it,3539.134 
3215DCB_int_013539.964Mm-hm.3540.244
3216DCB_se3_ag4_f_023540.263which is not a really good reason to3542.016
3218 3542.44start a career. But you know, when you're in it3544.356 
3220 3544.491and you're young,3545.363 
3222 3545.535you know.3545.852 
3224 3546.319Cause I didn't want anybody to ever say that I c- I didn't wanna ever say3549.88 
3226 3550.094that I couldn't do it,3550.892 
3228 3551.027but you know,3551.549 
3230 3551.908I sort of wanted to be a social worker,3553.573 
3232 3554.123something like that.3554.999 
3234 3555.721Or, I mean, I really still love psychology. I read about psychology,3559.559 
3236 3560.378you know, that type of thing.3561.376 
3238 3562.724You know, that's definitely who I am.3564.542 
3239DCB_int_013566.061Would you ever [go] back and study it?3567.759
3240DCB_se3_ag4_f_023566.392[You know.]3566.724
3241 3570.389<ts>3570.514
3243 3570.664Um, no.3571.783 
3245 3572.291Not at this point.3573.134 
3247 3574.761I mean there are things that uh- that I can do to um-3577.69 
3249 3578.807You know, at this point- At a certain point,3580.593 
3251 3580.817you know, a job becomes3582.174 
3253 3582.305a job.3583.009 
3255 3583.438It becomes a way to3585.306 
3257 3586.677uh,3587.195 
3259 3587.68make money.3588.412 
3261 3590.099And um,3591.19 
3263 3593.125you know, don't get me wrong. I'm happy. I'm h- I have a good job,3596.095 
3265 3596.235and um,3597.129 
3267 3598.178it doesn't take up all of my time.3599.815 
3269 3601.913You know.3602.335 
3271 3604.267So3604.799 
3273 3605.955um.3606.468 
3274DCB_int_013611.997I'm'a shift the conversation for a minute.3613.679
3276 3615.47Have you been a tourist in your own town?3617.489 
3277DCB_se3_ag4_f_023617.862[<laugh>]3618.561
3278DCB_int_013618.151[You know, people] [travel miles] and miles to come to DC to go to the monuments, go to the White House, all these things, and it's in your backyard.3624.295
3279DCB_se3_ag4_f_023618.915[That-]3619.177
3280 3624.333I have been so-3625.428
3282 3625.68That really just-3626.915 
3284 3627.623The only time that I do that type of stuff-3629.652 
3286 3629.876I mean I really wanna do better at that,3631.661 
3288 3631.797and3632.198 
3290 3633.833um-3634.206 
3292 3634.342is when people come to town.3635.568 
3294 3637.414Now3637.713 
3296 3638.17I-3638.529 
3298 3639.801You know, and I have a-3641.232 
3300 3642.65And as I've gotten older, I definitely-3644.827 
3302 3645.204You know, that's definitely on m- my to do list.3647.815 
3304 3648.804Um, and then-3649.47 
3306 3649.736You know, there's certain things that I even forgot existed, like the Frederick Douglass house is like, right3654.724 
3308 3654.883in3655.233 
3310 3656.454Anacostia, up on the hill,3658.314 
3312 3658.892and I had totally forgotten about that until somebody3661.303 
3314 3662.91mentioned-3663.829 
3316 3664.416Did you tell me that?3665.195 
3317DCB_int_013666.197[Mm-mm.]3666.519
3318DCB_se3_ag4_f_023666.379[No.] <laugh>3667.512
3319 3667.662There's somebody that I was talking to3669.451
3321 3670.458who said3671.013 
3323 3671.162um,3671.577 
3325 3673.06Yeah, and I went to the Frederick Douglass hou- I'm like- I was like, the-3675.446 
3327 3675.572/dang/ I forgot about the Frederick Douglass house.3677.573 
3329 3678.151I wanna go back and look at that.3679.358 
3331 3680.15And um,3681.208 
3333 3683.367<ts>3683.465 
3335 3684.915the Smithsonians. I mean I do things like,3687.782 
3337 3688.29when I'm like, super interested.3690.067 
3339 3691.195Like,3691.456 
3341 3692.365I wanted to go see the Bill Cosby exhibit,3694.183 
3343 3694.971so I did that.3695.717 
3345 3695.843You know.3696.168 
3347 3696.86I- I have a girlfriend that actually got tickets to go to the White House,3700.991 
3349 3701.885and3702.528 
3351 3703.489um,3704.058 
3353 3705.073she's coming from Florida to go,3706.64 
3355 3706.761and she called me and asked me did I wanna go to the White House. I was like, Yeah, I-3710.16 
3357 3710.323Have I ever been? I don't think I've ever been3711.857 
3359 3712.281to the White House.3713.078 
3361 3713.512I might have when I was little girl.3714.985 
3363 3715.732You know.3716.142 
3365 3717.39But no, I have not been a tourist in my home town. And that-3720.211 
3367 3720.291that's definitely something that I need to-3721.969 
3369 3722.425You know, I'm getting really up in age, and I really need to um-3725.153 
3371 3726.002You know, and I wish I had taken- And I hope you do this with your daughter,3729.008 
3373 3730.155like maybe every weekend when she gets to be a certain age,3732.911 
3375 3733.363just3733.564 
3377 3733.895make it a point to take her once place.3736.02 
3379 3737.629You know?3737.978 
3380DCB_int_013738.263[Mm.]3738.57
3381DCB_se3_ag4_f_023738.323[And as she] grows up,3739.382
3382 3740.798um-3741.125
3384 3741.67You know, she's in school here, so3743.139 
3385DCB_int_013744.044[She's in Georgia.]3745.018
3386DCB_se3_ag4_f_023744.048[she's gonna g- she's gonna] go-3745.275
3387 3746.338She's /not/ in school in Georgia though.3747.857
3388DCB_int_013748.09Mm-hm.3748.374
3389DCB_se3_ag4_f_023748.868She goes to school in Georgia?3749.983
3390DCB_int_013750.085Mm-hm.3750.375
3391DCB_se3_ag4_f_023751.2Oh I didn't know that.3752.021
3392DCB_int_013752.22She's here for the summers.3753.362
3393DCB_se3_ag4_f_023753.623Oh,3754.556
3395 3754.766well that- You should definitely make a point of that because she's not gonna-3757.839 
3397 3758.058you're not gonna- You know, if she was in school here, they would3760.705 
3399 3762.542take her on little-3763.293 
3401 3763.447take 'em on a little3764.291 
3403 3765.069um,3765.353 
3405 3765.852field trips and stuff like that. But you should- When she's here for the summer, you should just make it a point3770.389 
3407 3771.857of saying, We're just gonna do one thing3773.955 
3409 3774.51every weekend.3775.298 
3411 3778.509Cause I wish I had done that with my daughter.3780.081 
3412DCB_int_013782.136Yeah.3782.504
3413DCB_se3_ag4_f_023783.199You know.3783.572
3415 3784.052Cause there's a lot to see here.3785.745 
3416DCB_int_013786.888It is.3787.433
3417DCB_se3_ag4_f_023787.676Tons of stuff to see here,3789.181
3419 3789.292and a lot of it is free.3790.757 
3420DCB_int_013793.424People come from miles and miles and [miles.]3796.029
3421DCB_se3_ag4_f_023795.362[They come from]3796.295
3422 3796.551miles and mi- And the cherry blossoms,3799.433
3424 3800.063and you know, just-3801.493 
3426 3804.5So yeah.3805.172 
3428 3806.546No I have not been a- as much of a tourist in my own town- own town3810.417 
3430 3812.002as I should be.3812.826 
3431DCB_int_013814.365There are two things that are very unique to DC.3816.678
3433 3817.648I'm pretty sure you can guess.3819.143 
3435 3819.6Go go music3820.426 
3437 3820.542[and mumbo sauce.]3821.659 
3438DCB_se3_ag4_f_023820.556[Oh God. Here we go.]3821.95
3439DCB_int_013822.286<laugh>3822.785
3440DCB_se3_ag4_f_023822.799Well they just had something on the radio talking about go go. Can they keep it alive?3826.621
3441DCB_int_013828.827Do you like go go music?3829.955
3442DCB_se3_ag4_f_023830.114It's alr- Yeah I like Chuck Brown. I actually looked at3832.682
3444 3832.799um-3833.316 
3446 3833.824I also have to say- You know what?3835.405 
3448 3835.708And I'm gonna say this, and my friend got mad at me3837.526 
3450 3838.043cause I have another friend, and he wants to come do this interview so bad.3841.265 
3452 3841.68And he was calling me.3842.669 
3454 3843.288He's like, Well have you gone yet?3844.533 
3455DCB_int_013844.724<laugh>3845.782
3456DCB_se3_ag4_f_023846.319I was like, /RD-NAME-2/.3847.135
3458 3848.961And then I was telling him that you were from Georgia, right?3851.013 
3459DCB_int_013851.162Mm-hm.3851.549
3460DCB_se3_ag4_f_023852.053He went to Morehouse, so he's like,3853.321
3462 3853.983I bet I know her father.3855.241 
3464 3855.367I was like, /RD-NAME-2/.3856.127 
3466 3856.78He said, ask her if she knows so and so and so. I [was like, She's not gonna know] these old people.3860.641 
3467DCB_int_013858.846[<laugh>]3859.811
3468 3860.891[<laugh>]3863.643
3469DCB_se3_ag4_f_023861.348[She- <laugh>]3863.829
3470 3864.547But um, so he um-3866.464
3472 3866.756We had this debate3867.768 
3474 3867.964cause I told him3868.635 
3476 3868.761I didn't get into go go when I was younger.3870.673 
3478 3872.338I didn't go to those go go places,3874.099 
3480 3874.663and he was like-3875.489 
3482 3876.062Cause I said- And I was telling him- I said, That was socioeconomic.3878.999 
3484 3879.241That was a socioeconomic thing.3880.873 
3486 3881.363And he said- Although my daughter is very much into go go, okay?3883.853 
3488 3884.496So he said-3885.153 
3490 3885.707<ts>3885.782 
3492 3885.866He said, No it's not. No it's not.3887.447 
3494 3888.514So we were having that debate or whatever. It-3890.403 
3496 3890.84it- Go go miss-3891.829 
3498 3891.936I- Somehow go- I missed go go3893.856 
3500 3894.006um,3894.403 
3502 3894.58coming up.3895.144 
3504 3895.377But3895.573 
3506 3895.778um,3896.072 
3508 3897.936<ts>3898.08 
3510 3899.386I like it.3899.997 
3512 3900.216And I s-3900.99 
3514 3901.13And I mean I like some of it.3902.557 
3515DCB_int_013902.877Mm.3903.078
3516DCB_se3_ag4_f_023903.213And then, I um-3904.822
3518 3905.456But I didn't-3906.169 
3520 3907.33I wasn't involved when I was younger. I never went to a go go3910.262 
3522 3910.677um, whatever they call it.3911.615 
3524 3912.379They ha- They have a name for it.3913.545 
3526 3914.835Maybe it's go [go. <laugh>]3918.342 
3527DCB_int_013915.484[I think it's the go go. <laugh>]3917.884
3528 3918.393You go to the go go and then you3919.918
3530 3920.058hear go go music.3920.966 
3531DCB_se3_ag4_f_023921.008Right.3921.446
3532DCB_int_013921.647Mm-hm.3921.922
3533DCB_se3_ag4_f_023922.36I never-3922.799
3535 3922.962I never went to any- any go go parties. I never dance,3926.305 
3537 3927.437you know, into- went into any house parties where they did go go.3930.533 
3539 3931.405Um,3931.983 
3541 3935.102and uh,3935.852 
3543 3938.23you know, I basically was f-3939.609 
3545 3940.183first really turned on to go go by3942.514 
3547 3942.864Spike Lee's movie.3943.988 
3548DCB_int_013945.875/Do [the Right Thing]/3946.858
3549DCB_se3_ag4_f_023946.043[You] know and that was when I was in college or a little bit after college /during the ?/- And that's-3949.769
3550 3949.988that took it-3950.528
3552 3951.232He- You know, he kind of took it on the national level3953.391 
3553DCB_int_013953.698Mm-hm.3954.113
3554DCB_se3_ag4_f_023954.053with that.3954.463
3555 3955.195He hooked up with Chuck Brown3956.496
3557 3957.418or he came to- He used to hang out in DC,3959.577 
3559 3960.328and he would come down to DC from New York. And then he heard go go, and then, you know, when it became famous,3965.712 
3561 3966.487then he was like, I'm gonna- You know, I'm'a-3967.946 
3563 3968.133I'm'a put-3968.613 
3565 3968.826go go on the map.3969.726 
3567 3970.495You know?3970.864 
3569 3971.433So3972.039 
3571 3972.361but3972.687 
3573 3972.981um,3973.452 
3575 3975.05Chuck Brown was a genius. And I actually saw something. They do- They have this thing called Unsung.3979.135 
3576DCB_int_013979.671Mm-hm.3980.063
3577DCB_se3_ag4_f_023980.071Unsung? They did something on him, and I saw that a few weeks ago.3983.19
3579 3984.58And um,3985.34 
3581 3986.943you know,3987.33 
3583 3987.693and mumbo sauce.3988.743 
3585 3992.131That's so stereotypical (laughing).3993.442 
3587 3993.754I don't even know what mumbo sauce is.3995.661 
3589 3998.854I don't-3999.162 
3591 3999.274I don't-3999.6 
3593 3999.721I don't know if I've ever tasted mumbo sauce. I probably have.4002.323 
3595 4004.239I probably have tasted it, but.4005.577 
3596DCB_int_014007.661Do you frequent the carry outs?4009.265
3597DCB_se3_ag4_f_024011.521Mm, not anymore.4012.743
3599 4013.111No.4013.423 
3600DCB_int_014016.733Now how do you define a carry out?4018.36
3601DCB_se3_ag4_f_024020.118Those things-4020.598
3603 4020.743that's just like the difference between4022.38 
3605 4023.474uh,4024.057 
3607 4025.517a wine and beer store and a liquor store.4027.503 
3608DCB_int_014028.108[<laugh>]4030.197
3609DCB_se3_ag4_f_024028.654[<laugh>]4029.167
3610 4031.666I mean I used to go to the carry outs. Yeah.4033.991
3611DCB_int_014033.991Mm.4034.131
3612DCB_se3_ag4_f_024035.442I mean,4035.861
3614 4038.323and I know I have had mumbo sauce. I h- I can r-4040.753 
3616 4041.036think in my head4041.899 
3618 4042.085the times when I would go cause I had a girlfriend that liked mumbo sauce.4044.971 
3620 4045.773But I'm- I'm /not/ like a real4047.087 
3622 4047.171big4047.451 
3624 4047.693food person4048.724 
3626 4048.808in terms of like, experimenting with foods.4050.943 
3628 4051.046/Blah de blah de blah/, that thing- that thing.4052.72 
3630 4053.446But4053.684 
3632 4053.819um, yeah carry out is the place where you can go and um-4057.111 
3634 4057.564They don't have carry outs /everywhere/-4058.627 
3636 4058.724/at o-/4059.031 
3638 4059.181other places?4059.899 
3640 4060.16/It's so funny/ (whispering).4061.498 
3642 4063.461That's hilarious, a carry out.4065.572 
3644 4066.729Um,4067.204 
3646 4067.325it's the pl- it- it's usually you can't really go in there and sit.4069.946 
3648 4070.291[<laugh>]4072.542 
3649DCB_int_014070.989[Mm-hm.]4071.558
3650DCB_se3_ag4_f_024073.251You walk in and4074.463
3652 4074.57a lot of times they're-4075.676 
3654 4076.57well they used to black people4077.997 
3656 4078.859owned them, but now they're Asians.4080.468 
3658 4081.344You go in there and4082.701 
3660 4082.84um,4083.442 
3662 4085.531make- put your order,4086.701 
3664 4087.237and they4087.592 
3666 4087.759put your order in a bag. They go to- to the back.4089.945 
3668 4090.076They make the food.4090.915 
3670 4091.657Usually they have chicken,4093.041 
3672 4093.61wings, as they call 'em.4095.027 
3674 4096.323And they- and4097.148 
3676 4097.4yes, people want mumbo sauce with it.4099.368 
3678 4100.398And um,4101.326 
3680 4102.771you know,4103.2 
3682 4103.671they4104.011 
3684 4104.589I guess sometimes they have burgers and fries and-4107.008 
3686 4107.54But it's usually in my head- in the back of my head, it's usually chicken wings.4111.055 
3688 4112.081And then you-4113.055 
3690 4113.693they put it in a-4114.551 
3692 4115.083they cook it.4115.638 
3694 4116.295They put it in a bag,4117.372 
3696 4118.346wrap it up,4118.952 
3698 4119.731put it in a bag, and you walk out.4121.339 
3700 4121.577You pay 'em and you walk out.4122.636 
3702 4122.78And you have-4123.251 
3704 4123.419you buy a soda.4124.529 
3705DCB_int_014124.943[<laugh>]4127.778
3706DCB_se3_ag4_f_024125.731[<laugh> And you walk out.]4127.792
3707 4127.932You can't sit down4129.069
3709 4129.918cause it's a carry out.4130.879 
3711 4131.101You carry it out.4131.936 
3713 4132.724That's why they call it a carry out.4133.997 
3715 4135.889Cause you carry it [out] (laughing).4137.115 
3716DCB_int_014136.747[That was a] very good description.4138.498
3717DCB_se3_ag4_f_024138.337<laugh>4139.064
3718DCB_int_014138.864[And we] don't have like-4140.407
3719 4143.983What I think of carry out for me-4145.941
3721 4146.062what I originally thought it was just a Chinese4147.839 
3723 4147.932restaurant.4148.408 
3725 4148.561Like,4148.818 
3727 4148.989that you just go pick up the food.4150.328 
3729 4151.125But we don't have these4152.062 
3731 4152.188all like4152.981 
3733 4153.47pan4154.277 
3735 4155.041nationality of food. Like you can't go get Asian4158.659 
3737 4159.447American seaf- You- We don't have those types of places. Like, it's4163.13 
3739 4163.349kind of your one stop4164.295 
3741 4164.44Walmart shop4165.303 
3743 4165.442for food? We don't have that.4166.613 
3745 4167.073[So-]4167.381 
3746DCB_se3_ag4_f_024167.078[Where you're] from.4167.749
3747DCB_int_014167.805Mm-hm.4168.202
3749 4168.295So-4168.481 
3751 4168.654So I didn't understand that concept.4170.715 
3753 4171.088So when I see I can get a steak and cheese and spare rib tips and shrimp at a c-4176.155 
3755 4176.547It4176.808 
3757 4177.06messed me up a little bit. [Like, what?]4178.734 
3758DCB_se3_ag4_f_024178.17[Yeah.]4178.692
3759 4179.059It's confusing. [And then you-]4180.211
3760DCB_int_014179.861[/And then you-/]4180.216
3761DCB_se3_ag4_f_024180.342You got to know where you're going though.4181.549
3763 4182.449And some of 'em are very-4183.704 
3765 4183.988are- have good reputations4185.53 
3767 4186.365I think. And some of 'em,4187.675 
3769 4189.279you know,4189.666 
3771 4191.516they don't.4192.006 
3772DCB_int_014192.509<laugh>4193.106
3773DCB_se3_ag4_f_024193.102But I don't go. I don't-4194.193
3774 4194.454Yeah, I haven't been to a carry out in a long time.4196.5
3775DCB_int_014197.073Mm.4197.516