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“I was born In Mls8issippl way below J‘ackaon in Crystal Springe. That

18 OIL the I. C. Road near New Orleans, The train that goes there goes to New Orleans. I was bred and born and married there in Crystal Springs. I don‘t know just when I was born but I know it was In the month of ]~cember0 _)~ “I remember when the slaves were freed. I remember the War ‚ cause I used to hear them talking about the Yankee8 aud I didn‘t know whether they were mules or horse8 or what . I didxi‘ t know 1f they was varmints or folks or what not. I can‘t remember whether I seen any soldiers or not. I heard them talkin€ about soldiers, but I didn‘t see none right Tround where we was.

	“Now what good‘ s that all goin ‚ to do me? It am‘ t i‘ to do me no ti good to have ray name in washington. Didn‘t do me no good it he stuck my

naine up on a stick in Washington. Some of them wouldn‘t know n~. Those that did would jus‘ say, ‘That‘s old Alice Johnson.‘ ~

	“crs old folks, they don‘t count U8~ They jus‘ kick us out ot the way. They give rae ‘modities and a raite to spend. Time you ~o and ~et lard, sugar, meat ‚ and flour ‚ and pay rent and buy wood ‚ you don‘ t have ‚ nou~h to go t round • Now that mi ~ht do you some good it you idn~ t have to pay rent and buy wood and oil arid water, I‘ll tell you sornethin~ so you can earn a living. Your mama cive you a education so you can earn a living and you earnin‘ it jus‘ like ~he rasant you to. But most of us don‘t earn lt that way, and most of these educated folks not earnin‘ a livin‘ with their education, They‘re in jail somewheres. They‘re walkin‘ up and down Ninth Street aiid rannin‘ in and out of these here low dives, You go dowx~ there to the penitentiary and count those prisoners and I‘ll bet you don‘t find nary one that don‘t know ho~ to read and writes They‘re all educated. L~ost •T)f these educated nig~era don‘t have no feeling for co~non niggers.