James P. Cannon Papers, 1919-1975

Container Title
Session I, 1976 April 29
Alternate Format: Audio recording of interview with Ben Gordon, April 29, 1976 available online.
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/1
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Introduction
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/1
Time   0:16
Ben Gordon's feelings about leaving Mississippi--recollections of those who remained--differences between those who stayed and those who left--Cornelius Hughes--being tied up at the commissary
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/1
Time   14:03
“Bad ones” who came to Beloit--difficulty handling freedom--backlash against blacks in Beloit
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/1
Time   18:12
Impressions from subsequent trips to Mississippi--the need to act deferentially--encounter with the Mississippi highway patrol
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/2
Time   0:00
Positive reaction to Mississippi from recent trip--the South as “up and coming”
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/2
Time   7:07
The trip from Mississippi to Beloit in 1921
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/2
Time   11:09
First impressions of Beloit--J.D. Stephenson--early school experiences in Beloit, largely positive
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/2
Time   19:46
Assistance from Rev. W.E.W. Brown--Rev. Brown's athletic club
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/2
Time   24:01
Comments on Lincoln Junior High, Daisy Chapin as favorite teacher
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/2
Time   26:21
Story about a Jewish peddler in Mississippi
Tape/Side/Part   12/2/3
Time   0:00
Reaction to living in the city--no going barefoot--differences in food, white syrup from county relief