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1PRV_se0_ag1_f_021.5169/?/ school system- I mean it's a lot of schools around here to work at,5.2990
2PRV_int_015.3747[Yeah.]5.7865
3PRV_se0_ag1_f_025.4883[and]5.8244
4 6.5277most of the time it's- it's your basic job,9.0648
6 9.2020[you know, eight to] five job and I could just go home, you know.11.8291 
7PRV_int_019.2210[/Yeah, uh-huh/.]9.7613
8PRV_se0_ag1_f_0212.2484And it's not really many of those around here.14.3216
9PRV_int_0114.3264Yeah.14.7124
11 15.4387[So you might] wanna try and help people kind of find17.8291 
12PRV_se0_ag1_f_0215.4671[I mean-]15.9168
13 17.9096[Jobs and-]18.8827
14PRV_int_0118.2531[jobs and] [daycare.]19.5264
15PRV_se0_ag1_f_0219.0862[Yeah.]19.5453
16PRV_int_0119.7015/?/20.0944
18 20.5536[It sounds like you got your] work cut [out for you.]22.5842 
19PRV_se0_ag1_f_0220.6766[Yeah, I wanna-]21.4955
21 21.9925[Yeah.]22.5842 
22 23.4031Yeah, I j- I do want- I mean, I went to school, and I had always said, when I go to school I'm not coming back down here.29.1049
23PRV_int_0129.1002Mm-hm.29.4978
24PRV_se0_ag1_f_0229.4694All of that, but30.2693
25 30.8117I have- It's like a bond that I have with this place. [It's like,]34.6079
26PRV_int_0133.8884[/Oh./]34.4706
27 34.6173/??/35.0007
28PRV_se0_ag1_f_0234.9818all my family is here, all of my friends are here.37.5406
29 37.9051And it's like I wanna come back and give back to my community [because]41.2564
30PRV_int_0140.8303[Yeah.]41.1712
31PRV_se0_ag1_f_0241.4362I feel like my community is really what made me who I am.44.4731
32PRV_int_0144.4589Mm-hm.44.8707
33PRV_se0_ag1_f_0244.8423And a lot of kids don't really get that,46.9676
34PRV_int_0147.2469[Yeah.]47.5924
35PRV_se0_ag1_f_0247.2895[I mean] now.47.9788
36 48.0969Because it's so much49.2140
38 49.3371other49.7962 
40 50.4447craziness they can't even walk down the street.52.7546 
42 53.2753[People-]53.8338 
43PRV_int_0153.2800[Mm.]53.6776
44PRV_se0_ag1_f_0254.0259Oh it's-54.3146
46 54.4709crazy [around] here.55.5217 
47PRV_int_0154.8590[Mm.]55.1998
48 55.6637Mm.55.9808
49PRV_se0_ag1_f_0256.0329Most parents won't even let their kids get out in the community be-58.7262
51 58.8540c-59.0055 
53 59.1428community because of60.2720 
55 60.5371all of the stuff that's going on.62.0045 
56PRV_int_0161.9761Mm-hm.62.3784
57PRV_se0_ag1_f_0262.3879And it's like, they miss-63.9594
59 64.1393They miss out on what we had fun [doing, you know.]66.8117 
60PRV_int_0166.1916[Mm-hm.]66.7980
61 67.6353So you kind of bring-68.4610
62PRV_se0_ag1_f_0268.9417Bring it back. [Yeah. <laugh>] [Yeah.]71.1002
63PRV_int_0169.9452[That pride.]70.6599
65 70.8919[That] Princeville [pride. <laugh>]73.5264 
66PRV_se0_ag1_f_0271.6634[That Princeville pride. <laugh>]73.8861
67PRV_int_0173.8199Nice.74.3879
68PRV_se0_ag1_f_0274.5062[<laugh>]74.9559
69PRV_int_0174.7713[It's] funny cause /like/ I do the same thing but you know, we're-77.4883
70 77.6871we're not that old78.6034
71PRV_se0_ag1_f_0278.7123Yeah.79.0862
72PRV_int_0178.9821to be talking about back in the [day. <laugh>]81.6707
73PRV_se0_ag1_f_0280.3074[Yeah.]81.0458
74 81.6754[Yeah.]82.1866
75PRV_int_0181.7985[<laugh>] Yeah.82.6552
76PRV_se0_ag1_f_0283.0717[But] n- It seems like I'm that old. [I be]86.0595
77PRV_int_0183.2875[/But-/]83.5431
79 85.4365[<laugh>]86.3311 
80PRV_se0_ag1_f_0286.7382[old.] It just seems like I'm so old. [And I] see kids that I remember being born, and they just as tall as m-92.7787
81PRV_int_0186.8707[<laugh>]87.3961
83 89.2327[/?/]89.5498 
84PRV_se0_ag1_f_0292.8884<laugh> tall as I [am now.]94.5700
85PRV_int_0193.7985[<laugh>]94.5795
86PRV_se0_ag1_f_0295.0339Getting ready to come out of school and it's-96.9253
88 97.1572it's kind of crazy [cause I] remember when my little brother was born, and it's like now,100.9061 
89PRV_int_0198.1512[Yeah.]98.4684
90PRV_se0_ag1_f_02101.4930his voice is just as deep as my dad's, and I'm like,104.2554
92 104.3406ugh.104.6151 
94 104.7524I was calling my dad house one time, and he would answer the phone. I was like,107.6918 
96 108.0184Dad? He said, no, this is [/RD-NAME-2/.] <laugh>110.8139 
97PRV_int_01109.4459[Oh.]110.0755
98PRV_se0_ag1_f_02111.2967So111.8079
100 111.9831it- I mean, it's kind of-113.3842 
102 113.9711ki- It sounds kind of old saying, well back [in the day, but]117.2967 
103PRV_int_01116.4589[<laugh>]117.3014
104 118.1393[/?/]118.6552
105PRV_se0_ag1_f_02118.1535[it's like] stuff has changed so much that's the only way you can describe it is [back] in the day. [Cause it's] not like that anymore.124.8871
106PRV_int_01122.2506[Yeah.]122.5346
108 123.2352[Yeah.]123.5523 
109 124.9771Yeah.125.3274
110PRV_se0_ag1_f_02125.4315It's not.125.9758
111PRV_int_01127.1193Yeah, but it seems like you guys have128.9228
113 129.4198uh,129.7180 
115 129.8269a strong sense of community at least in your family [/inaudible/.]132.8637 
116PRV_se0_ag1_f_02132.2578[Mm-hm.]132.6697
117 132.9111Yeah.133.2471
118PRV_int_01133.2424A lot of your family comes from here I bet?135.2352
119PRV_se0_ag1_f_02135.6139Yeah,135.9310
121 136.0588we are very close. My grandmother137.8480 
123 138.1679made sure our family was close.139.8199 
124PRV_int_01139.7157Mm-hm.140.2601
125PRV_se0_ag1_f_02140.2648It's140.7760
127 141.2020seven children, fifteen grandchildren, [fifteen] great [grandchildren],145.3087 
128PRV_int_01143.6161[Whoa.]143.9806
130 145.0673[Wow (laughing).]145.6731 
131PRV_se0_ag1_f_02145.7536about sixteen nieces [and]147.7322
132PRV_int_01147.5286Wow.147.9168
133PRV_se0_ag1_f_02148.3475think about eight nephews. I mean- and a host of cousins [and]152.2696
134PRV_int_01151.9193[Uh-huh.]152.2790
135PRV_se0_ag1_f_02152.8328so I mean- We have o- Every Sunday we get together as a family, and we eat together.157.5643
136PRV_int_01157.5075Oh wow.157.9335
137PRV_se0_ag1_f_02157.9051Every holiday, we spend the holiday together as a family.160.8067
138 161.1664We just are a very close family.163.1288
139PRV_int_01163.3134[Mm.]163.5643
140PRV_se0_ag1_f_02163.3891[That's] how most families164.7524
141 164.8849around here are.165.8505
142PRV_int_01165.9263Yeah.166.2955
143PRV_se0_ag1_f_02166.3286And if not close with their own families, close with somebody else's or somebody they were raised by, close with a family they grew up near.172.9960
144PRV_int_01173.1617Yeah.173.4457
145PRV_se0_ag1_f_02173.7013And it's like, my dad's family is even175.6589
147 175.9382close with my family because they all grew up together.179.0765 
148PRV_int_01179.1049Mm-hm.179.5025
149PRV_se0_ag1_f_02179.9691So,180.4614
151 180.7170I mean-181.1477 
153 181.6873Yeah.182.1134 
154PRV_int_01182.8944So is there anything184.3854
156 184.6741you're kind of185.8291 
158 186.8164w-187.2045 
160 187.4175we'll probably close it out, but is there anything189.8174 
162 190.1866just from like an outsider, like,191.8034 
164 192.1206something /?/ something, I'm learning so much just hanging out in Princeville. [It's such a-]196.3996 
165PRV_se0_ag1_f_02195.7937[Yeah.]196.2387
166PRV_int_01196.6079such an amazing place.197.9664
167PRV_se0_ag1_f_02197.9569Yeah.198.5000
168PRV_int_01198.5277Is there like a story or just something that you think201.0080
170 201.4245it's important202.2103 
172 202.8540t- to-203.5830 
174 203.7135to know about Princeville? Someone who's tryna learn about Princeville, is there something you think people should know or?208.9879 
176 209.8433Is it some-210.2788 
177PRV_se0_ag1_f_02210.1726Well- [<laugh>]211.5406
178PRV_int_01210.7121[<laugh>]211.2190
180 211.4649If it's a moral to the [story or /inaudible/.]213.7133 
181PRV_se0_ag1_f_02212.7808[I don't wanna- I don't] wa- I don't wanna go you know, into this thing, about216.1604
182 216.6981[Princeville was the oldest town chartered] by [slaves and-] <laugh>220.7546
183PRV_int_01217.1051[<laugh>]218.8328
185 219.6896[/Well you-/]220.2671 
186 220.8256No, you can do [that. I mean like /inaudible/] why is it important to you, [like what do you] think-224.8565
187PRV_se0_ag1_f_02221.4315[And that- Yeah, but-]222.6886
189 224.0518[Yeah.]224.5346 
191 224.7666I mean,225.4718 
192 226.0777growing up, [I really didn't] know as much.228.7359
193PRV_int_01226.8587[<clears throat>]227.3652
194PRV_se0_ag1_f_02229.1761I mean I didn't really appreciate Princeville as much as I appreciate it now232.4895
195PRV_int_01232.5227Mm-hm.232.9865
196PRV_se0_ag1_f_02233.1996because you have a lot of caring people235.4696
198 235.9429that really,236.7334 
200 236.8802you know, mold and make who you are as a person once you grow up.240.6744 
201PRV_int_01240.7312Mm-hm.241.0720
202PRV_se0_ag1_f_02241.1241And I mean, I have so many people that I could go back and name245.0102
204 245.2800just that helped me along the way [because] we were from Princeville, you know?249.5192 
205PRV_int_01247.1951[Mm-hm.]247.6779
206PRV_se0_ag1_f_02249.9689Church family, um, my friends' mothers252.8401
208 252.9300and fathers even254.1086 
210 254.6340took part in making me who I am. And it's like,257.1759 
212 258.4614I remember when Princeville was just260.2412 
214 260.3832a big family. I mean, it's not like that anymore,263.5972 
215PRV_int_01263.5782Mm.263.8318
216PRV_se0_ag1_f_02263.8386not to me. It may be to some people but not to me. Cause I remember when Princeville was just-268.7925
218 269.2611And I think the flood270.5000 
219PRV_int_01270.6365[Really?]270.9679
220PRV_se0_ag1_f_02270.6507[changed] Princeville a whole lot because you had other people coming into Princeville that do-275.5404
221 275.9616didn't really grow up there and didn't really know what Princeville was all about.279.4718
223 279.9594And so they kind of took it for granted,281.8228 
224PRV_int_01281.9048[Mm-hm.]282.3450
225PRV_se0_ag1_f_02281.9265[and] then that's when all this crazy stuff started.284.4400
226PRV_int_01284.6056Yeah.284.9275
227PRV_se0_ag1_f_02284.8896But285.2920
228 285.8789I mean,286.5653
230 287.6303it wasn't- It was just-288.9489 
231PRV_int_01289.5737Mm-hm.289.9598
232PRV_se0_ag1_f_02290.5346It was the place to be.291.8269
233PRV_int_01291.9499[Yeah.]292.4327
234PRV_se0_ag1_f_02292.0635[It was] always something happening.293.9900
235PRV_int_01293.8717Yeah.294.1604
236PRV_se0_ag1_f_02294.3904And I mean295.1383
238 295.6258after [the flood] came, it kind of split everybody up, [and everybody] went different ways, [and]300.7833 
239PRV_int_01296.0045[<clears throat>]296.4068
241 298.7877[Mm-hm.]299.3226 
243 300.5892[Mm-hm.]301.0531 
244PRV_se0_ag1_f_02301.2566it was different because it took so long for Princeville to recover from that.305.4741
245PRV_int_01305.5972Yeah.305.9995
246PRV_se0_ag1_f_02305.8697And we- I mean, we had307.0720
247 307.3702different people that came in and308.9370
249 309.2588donated money. Jesse Jackson came, the [President] [came.]312.7927 
250PRV_int_01311.6946[Yeah?]312.0922
252 312.5703[Yeah.]313.0673 
253PRV_se0_ag1_f_02313.1761Even at my-313.9240
255 314.1086my graduation, which was the year of the flood,316.6173 
256PRV_int_01316.5795Mm-hm.316.9155
257PRV_se0_ag1_f_02316.9771Al Gore spoke at our [graduation.]318.8614
258PRV_int_01318.6081[Oh really?]319.1335
259PRV_se0_ag1_f_02319.1335Mm-hm. [He was our] speaker.320.5678
260PRV_int_01319.4649[Wow.]319.8495
261PRV_se0_ag1_f_02321.2115[Um-]321.6659
262PRV_int_01321.4434[What] do you think that does322.8019
263 322.9345to a generation? Like,324.3856
265 325.3229is that-325.6305 
267 325.8814Like if- Now, just to think about graduating at that time, like, [you] thinking about330.0752 
268PRV_se0_ag1_f_02329.1380[Mm-hm.]329.5309
269PRV_int_01330.3856just like everybody,331.2235
270PRV_se0_ag1_f_02331.4459[It was very emotional.] [Yes.]333.4908
271PRV_int_01331.6258[what am I gonna do]?332.6293
273 332.9370[What am I gonna do] with my life?334.3239 
274 334.6031But at that critical point, where you about to go out into the world,338.0329
275PRV_se0_ag1_f_02337.9619Mm-hm.338.2932
276PRV_int_01338.3974Al Gore speaking at your [graduation.]340.5989
277PRV_se0_ag1_f_02339.6991[Yeah. <laugh>]341.0291
278PRV_int_01341.1333Like [what does that] do to your generation? Do you think your generation like, that- that year-345.6044
279PRV_se0_ag1_f_02341.2990[Yeah.]341.8338
280PRV_int_01345.9073What was that? Ninety nine.347.2185
281PRV_se0_ag1_f_02347.3321I graduated in two [thousand. I was the] drug free [class. <laugh>]352.5274
282PRV_int_01348.4283[Two thousand.]349.1856
284 349.6826[<laugh>]351.3007 
286 351.7559[The drug free] class? [/Unintelligible/ <laugh>]354.9584 
287PRV_se0_ag1_f_02352.9013[Yeah, we were the drug free class of two] thousand. That's what they called it.356.5346
288PRV_int_01356.5867Wow.356.9086
289PRV_se0_ag1_f_02356.8281You know that was [supposed to be-] Yeah, so.359.2422
290PRV_int_01357.6801[Oh yeah.]358.5037
291 359.3321So what do you think, like- And especially two thousand- So do you think your generation is like, a little different?364.2387
293 364.3901Just- just from Princeville, you think you have a different perspective [on-]367.1856 
294PRV_se0_ag1_f_02366.9821[Yeah.]367.4601
295PRV_int_01367.7773Really?368.0748
296PRV_se0_ag1_f_02368.0424We-368.2175
297 368.6814We kind of-369.3062
299 369.6091Even now when we get together, we always talk about how times were374.0045 
300PRV_int_01374.0660[Mm-hm. <laugh>]374.9087
301PRV_se0_ag1_f_02374.3406[back then], and how it's not like that [anymore, and we-]377.1570
302PRV_int_01376.5937[Yeah.]376.9723
303PRV_se0_ag1_f_02377.5546Oh, we just talk about, y'all remember when we used to do this, [and]380.9464
304PRV_int_01380.7145[Yeah.]381.1642
305PRV_se0_ag1_f_02381.1831I mean,381.6707
307 381.8174like,382.1178 
309 382.2197even recess. We can even sit down and talk about recess in the first grade. [<laugh> Like],387.5760 
310PRV_int_01387.0269[You can (laughing)?]387.9310
311PRV_se0_ag1_f_02388.0541we would all get our radios and go [out to the playground] and391.2519
312PRV_int_01390.0685[<coughs>]390.6839
313PRV_se0_ag1_f_02391.5406play the Electric Slide and everybody get together, kind of do their little thing, and [then]396.0468
314PRV_int_01395.7392[Uh-huh.]396.0374
315 396.2105<laugh>396.7596
316PRV_se0_ag1_f_02396.9489recess was over. [We would] go back to class. We can even sit down and talk about401.1806
317PRV_int_01398.0187[Mm-hm.]398.3406
318PRV_se0_ag1_f_02401.5072things like that402.4377
320 402.7407and get meaning out of it. [When] now, I don't think that's there [anymore.]406.4422 
321PRV_int_01404.2080[Mm.]404.3974
323 406.1819[Mm-hm.]406.7357 
324PRV_se0_ag1_f_02406.7357Because you even have408.0468
325 408.3194people in Princeville that don't really know410.4305
327 410.6530what it is to be412.0304 
329 412.8445a resident of [Princeville. They're] just there because415.3844 
330PRV_int_01414.0306[Mm-hm.]414.3336
331PRV_se0_ag1_f_02415.6731circumstance or something like that.417.6896
332PRV_int_01417.8032[Mm-hm.]418.1440
333PRV_se0_ag1_f_02418.0020[I] think that the reason Princeville is not like it used to be is because you have those people that's there423.5760
334 423.8458that don't really know,424.9250
335PRV_int_01425.0481[Yeah.]425.3794
336PRV_se0_ag1_f_02425.0528[you know], what it mean.426.2436
337PRV_int_01426.2531Yeah.426.6223
338PRV_se0_ag1_f_02426.7691And427.1525
340 427.2897most- When I was growing up, everybody that stayed in Princeville had been in Princeville431.2895 
342 431.5356for like thirty [years.]432.8921 
343PRV_int_01432.7643[Yeah.]433.1146
344PRV_se0_ag1_f_02433.2282Like grandparents and parents that were raised435.8505
346 435.9641there436.4564 
348 436.6599that stayed there once they got of age438.9111 
349PRV_int_01439.0673[Mm.]439.3134
350PRV_se0_ag1_f_02439.1051[and] raised their own children there.441.0080
351PRV_int_01440.9985[Mm-hm.]441.4056
352PRV_se0_ag1_f_02441.2872[And] even now that I'm in Greensboro, I was- was telling my mom the other day-445.3655
353 445.8293I want my child to go to school down here.447.8596
354PRV_int_01447.8221Mm-hm.448.1961
355PRV_se0_ag1_f_02448.2150Once she gets of age to go to school,450.2977
357 450.5277I'm moving back.451.3039 
358PRV_int_01451.4933Mm-hm.451.9382
359PRV_se0_ag1_f_02451.9666So that she can go to the schools I went to.454.2860
360PRV_int_01454.3049Mm-hm.454.6694
361PRV_se0_ag1_f_02454.5937Because455.0149
362 455.3747when I was in school, I kn- My mom457.5505
364 457.7015didn't have to worry about anything cause she knew it was somebody that was there461.1238 
366 461.3984that was-461.7392 
368 461.9096not even just one person. Many people there464.4021 
369PRV_int_01464.5772[Mm.]464.8660
370PRV_se0_ag1_f_02464.6530[that were] looking out for me just because466.4233
371 466.6221they knew467.2800
372PRV_int_01467.5072[Mm-hm.]467.9711
373PRV_se0_ag1_f_02467.5214[who we were], and knew who she was, [and]469.5122
374PRV_int_01469.2661[Mm-hm.]469.6542
375PRV_se0_ag1_f_02469.7063they would look out for me.470.9512
376PRV_int_01470.9985Mm-hm.471.4292
377PRV_se0_ag1_f_02471.4529And I mean,472.3097
379 472.4564and it's that kind of thing that makes-475.1004 
381 475.8435makes you feel better knowing that you don't have to worry about something happening to your child because you got people there481.3371 
383 481.6021that know you,482.4068 
385 482.6340and they're gonna take care of your child like they're [their own,]485.1191 
386PRV_int_01484.5132[Yeah.]484.7735
387PRV_se0_ag1_f_02485.2422you know?485.6540
388PRV_int_01485.5830Yeah.485.9380
389PRV_se0_ag1_f_02486.1584And that's how it was going through school.488.1938
391 488.5914All of my teachers and everything.490.3144 
393 490.5937Everybody knew everybody.492.0800 
394PRV_int_01492.1368Mm-hm.492.5000
395PRV_se0_ag1_f_02492.5608So,493.0483
397 493.1856if something happened-494.3832 
399 494.7476Like if we would get off the bus and somebody was fighting,497.5782 
401 497.7770we knew where to go, let their mom know,500.0187 
403 500.2838they're fighting, can you come up there and get 'em, [you know? That's] how we were.503.4362 
404PRV_int_01502.1393[Mm-hm.]502.5558
405 503.5478Mm-hm.503.9218
406PRV_se0_ag1_f_02503.9738Like,504.2673
408 505.0341I can remember getting off the bus- I think it was like my second grade year- [And some] girls were out there fighting.510.8117 
409PRV_int_01509.2090[Mm-hm.]509.5451
410 510.9158Mm.511.2093
411PRV_se0_ag1_f_02511.2708<clears throat> Me and my cousin ran to their mom's house and got them, and they came out there and- You know?515.9190
412PRV_int_01516.0279Mm.516.2504
413PRV_se0_ag1_f_02516.1679She was like, thanks for looking- Cause that's how we did. We were like,519.2304
414 519.4150a big family. We were as one.521.1238
416 521.4741Everybody looked out for everybody. It wasn't a thing of selfishness, where525.0127 
418 525.2541you just look out for yourself.526.6978 
419PRV_int_01526.7783Right.527.2611
421 527.5870[/Yeah/.]527.9005 
422PRV_se0_ag1_f_02527.7155[And-] and you got- you have that now where,529.9477
423 530.3737that ain't my child so I ain't worried about it, you know? You have that now, but533.9502
425 534.0732it wasn't like that.535.0199 
426PRV_int_01535.1146Mm.535.3276
427PRV_se0_ag1_f_02535.2471And so535.7678
428 537.2020the most537.7606
430 537.9547like-538.2671 
432 538.4327most important thing that I can remember540.4046 
434 540.8069about Princeville is the fact that542.7429 
436 542.9086we were just543.5523 
438 544.3049a great community. We were like the perfect community.547.1572 
439PRV_int_01547.1525Mm-hm.547.5574
440PRV_se0_ag1_f_02548.0045It just was perfect.549.6212
441PRV_int_01549.8174Mm.550.0825
442PRV_se0_ag1_f_02550.2292I would- I wouldn't change anything about my childhood.553.2045
443PRV_int_01553.2566Mm.553.5406
444PRV_se0_ag1_f_02553.7773As long as I could be right there where I was.555.9073
445PRV_int_01555.8221Mm-hm.556.1603
446PRV_se0_ag1_f_02556.4280Everything was open for everybody to go- Like,558.9063
448 559.3087even after school, we could go to our school and play on our playground,562.7167 
449PRV_int_01562.6694Mm-hm.563.0765
450PRV_se0_ag1_f_02563.1428and it wasn't even a problem.564.4561
451PRV_int_01564.6318Mm.564.8495
452PRV_se0_ag1_f_02564.7691You know?565.1809
453PRV_int_01565.3939Yeah.565.7536
454PRV_se0_ag1_f_02566.1418And so.566.7240
455PRV_int_01566.9322Okay.567.5239
457 568.2197Well thank you for taking the time.569.9806 
458PRV_se0_ag1_f_02570.1273No problem.570.9821