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Oklahoma Writerst Project
and. his wife till he got to the White House and writ back and told~ tem to bol: tt~j~t the leaves in the table where he had. set and they shot nuff found out it was him.

~	I never mentions Jeff Davis. He aintt viuff it.

	Booker T. ~Vashington was all right in his place. He come here and told these whitefoiks jest what he thou~t. Course he wouldntt have done that way do~rrn South. I declare to ~od he shot told tem enough. They toted hini ~ round on their hands. No Jim Crow here then.

	I jined the church tcause I had religion round 60 years ago. People oug~ta be religious sho ; what for they wanta live in sin and die and go to the Bad Man. To git to Heaven, you sho‘ ou~tht to work some. I want a resting place somevthar, ‘cause I aintt got none here. I a~i a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, and I help build the first church in Oklahoma City.

	I got three boys and three girls . I dont t biow none‘ e age. I give tern the best education I could.