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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/1
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0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/1
Time
0:21
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Family background in Mississippi--loss of family farm caused move to
Beloit--farming in Mississippi
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/1
Time
7:36
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Black land ownership near Pontotoc, Mississippi--good white people--father
as a cotton farmer--much timber land, timber not valuable
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/1
Time
16:43
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Interracial relations in Pontotoc--learning how to act--L.G.'s wife
unwilling to be deferential in return trip to Mississippi, problem--inward
hurt--calling white boys “mister”--standing up for your rights, the cow
in the pasture
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/1
Time
26:27
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Voting rights--family as Republican--L.G. associates Democratic party with
white southerners
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/1
Time
28:53
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Farming practices--livestock
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
0:00
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Mississippi as a changeless society--mother's background in Water Valley,
Mississippi--problems with poor people
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
3:46
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Class distinctions among black people--the importance of “the way you
were raised”
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
7:41
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The influence of the Methodist Church on Lorenzo Grady--the difference
between Methodist and Baptist
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
10:35
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Leaving Pontotoc for Arkansas--return to Pontotoc in secret
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
13:31
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Father's decision to move to Beloit--recruited by John McCord--availability
of job as key to decision--family reaction to move--father came to Beloit before
family
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
20:22
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Lorenzo Grady come to Beloit later--wife did not like Beloit, resulting
divorce
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
22:43
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L.G.'s job at Fairbanks-Morse--hard time--work in the power house--learning
combustion, problem getting into technical school in Beloit--attitude toward
superintendent and foreman--blacks as cheap labor
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Tape/Side/Part
16/1/2
Time
30:03
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Early recollection of Beloit--hard work at F.M., seven days a week in the
power house
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/1
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0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/1
Time
0:11
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Negative reaction to Beloit, stayed because of job--positive reaction to
Fairbanks-Morse--Mr. Pease, the superintendent--problems with white
workers
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/1
Time
10:31
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Comparison or Beloit and Pontotoc regarding prejudice--exposure to
prejudice in Beloit--problem with building contractor and bank
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/1
Time
18:09
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Achieving independence--marriage in 1931--problems during the
Depression
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/1
Time
21:18
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Reaction to the organization of the Steelworkers Union at
Fairbanks-Morse
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/1
Time
24:01
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Knowledge of J.D. Stephenson--reaction to W.S. Williams, members of the
same club
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/2
Time
0:00
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Recollection of Rev. W.E.W. Brown--other black community leaders--Rev.
Zimmerman--problems caused at A.M.E. church by Rev. Gibson
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/2
Time
6:51
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Membership in Kennedy Lodge, through Alva Curtis--Woodmen Lodge in
Mississippi, benevolent group
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/2
Time
11:37
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Black people and Beloit businesses--no service in the restaurants--no
problem being served in other stores--never garnisheed in Beloit
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Tape/Side/Part
16/2/2
Time
15:08
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Move to Beloit worthwhile
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