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Series: Rev. D.W. Johnson
: Family background in Mississippi; family's move to Murphysboro, Ill.; railroad work;
move to Beloit in 1920 following recruitment by J.D. Stephenson; work at
Fairbanks-Morse; character of J.D. Stephenson; labor recruiting in the 1920s; religious
faith; involvement in the ministry.
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/1
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0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/1
Time
0:17
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The Johnson family background in Macon, Mississippi--D.W. Johnson's father
as a minister who “scuffled to get along”
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/1
Time
3:38
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Working as a young man in Macon--first railroad experience for D.W.
Johnson--first experience as a labor agent or recruiter--D.W.'s confrontation with
three white men who threatened to kill Negroes with railroad passes--railroad work
at Murphysboro, Illinois---father moved family to Murphysboro
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/1
Time
10:54
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Further comments on the Johnson family and life in Mississippi--D.W.
Johnson's grandfather, “a spunky man”--growing up in Macon--father as a
preacher--fear of being beaten--father's instructions to his son, D.W.--D.W.
Johnson's attitude toward Mississippi
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/1
Time
21:25
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D.W. Johnson's return to Macon in 1952, preached in father's
church
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/1
Time
23:21
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The family decision to leave Mississippi--threats from D.W. Johnson's white
bosses, the Bonds--evil befalls those who threatened D.W.--reasons for leaving
Mississippi--“angry” period in Mississippi
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/2
Time
0:00
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Dangerous to leave Mississippi--D.W. Johnson acted like “a
mole”--the activities of “the mob crowd”--Macon as a
“mean” town
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/2
Time
3:36
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D.W. Johnson comes to Beloit in 1920--recruited by J.D. Stephenson from
Murphysboro, Illinois--Stephenson's account of conditions in Beloit--the importance
of living conditions and wages in deciding to move--work at Fairbanks-Morse--working
with Swedes and Norwegians who were “more mechanically
inclined”
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/2
Time
10:37
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Comparison of Beloit and Macon, Mississippi--Beloit as the “promised
land”--J.D. Stephenson's role in Beloit--Stephenson problems as a
recruiter--D.W. Johnson at Fairbanks-Morse--D.W. Johnson as a minister in South
Beloit in later years
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/2
Time
21:38
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D.W. Johnson leaves Beloit in 1921 for Ft. Scott, Kansas--recruiting out of
Murphysboro in the 1920s--recruiting techniques--making contacts--dangers of
recruiting, equal danger for white recruiters
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/3
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0:00
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D.W. Johnson interprets recruiting as helping people to attain
freedom--helping people in Beloit as a continuation of those efforts
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/3
Time
10:43
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Further comments on J.D. Stephenson-- Stephenson as a
“masterly-minded man”--W.S. Williams, the barber, a progressive man--the
Gordon family in Beloit--the Hobson family in Beloit, Jess Hobson as “heat
treatment” expert
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/3
Time
16:30
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Adjustment to factory work easy for D.W. Johnson due to previous experience
as a blacksmith--work at Kaiser Aluminum in Seattle during World War II
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Tape/Side/Part
2/1/3
Time
22:36
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D.W. Johnson's religious faith--the importance of
“behavior”--“I don't run every time the wind blows”--letter
of appreciation from Wesley C.M.E. Church--“good name better than great
riches”
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
0:19
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The use of passes in recruiting
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
5:13
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D.W. Johnson recruited over a long period--some recruits left Murphysboro
and the railroad soon after arrival--reaction of foreman to recruits
leaving--incident over recruits leaving
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
10:49
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D.W. Johnson's relations with foremen
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
12:35
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Working along the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio track--servicing track
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
17:06
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Recollection of severe back injury
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
26:02
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More on back injury, attempts to return to work--severe pain
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/1
Time
28:13
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D.W. Johnson's father moves to Murphysboro--problems for father in
Macon
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/2
Time
0:00
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Life in Murphysboro for D.W. Johnson--influence of Bob Gray and Abbe
Woods--Bible correspondence course
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/2
Time
3:51
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Studying psychology, useful in ministry
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/2
Time
4:52
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Decision to enter the ministry--problems in the
ministry--suffering--father's problems--“harsh words don't win”--pulled
into ministry
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/2
Time
11:08
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Doing the “unheard of things”--problem with lack of schooling
for ministry--problems at Community Baptist in South Beloit--owning houses in Beloit
as a way of doing good
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/2
Time
21:19
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The call to the ministry--being able to borrow at the bank--importance of
property--trying to be an example
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/2
Time
26:57
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Balance of time between recruiting and linework when with
railroad--recruiting on weekends--pay for recruiting--“dead man's
check”
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/3
Time
0:00
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Further comments on recruiting
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/3
Time
0:41
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Brother-in-law's experience--violence done to family--attempted hanging by
mob crowd
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Tape/Side/Part
14/1/3
Time
4:27
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Help for family
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/1
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0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/1
Time
0:13
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D.W. Johnson's mother and the Bible--Bible as the source of
discipline--family success
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/1
Time
9:04
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Reverend D.W. Johnson's religious attitudes--situation at South Beloit
Community Baptist Church--ill befell his opponents
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/1
Time
20:12
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Belief in illness as a punishment or curse--Reverend Johnson and the drunk
man at Fairbanks-Morse--“the Lord works through Nature”
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/1
Time
29:53
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Worshipping God through the Son
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
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0:00
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Jesus on the side of the oppressed--personal responsibility
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
3:51
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More on the Bonds family--“mean people brought low”
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
5:52
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The boarding car where the road gang lived--more on recruiting and railroad
work
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
12:43
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Power of positive thinking--further comments on railroading
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
16:34
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Learning to fire an engine--construction work to supplement railroad
income
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
18:55
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Recollection of Walter Ingram, recruiter for Fairbanks-Morse--further
comments on J.D. Stephenson
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
20:56
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More on recruiting
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/2
Time
22:06
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“Rolled in a tornado”
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Tape/Side/Part
14/2/3
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0:00
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More on tornado experience
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