Code No.	No. Words________
Project, 1~5~~~(1)	Reduoed. ~
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by ~‚ .
Place, Marion, 8.0.	 -~- . ~
Date, December 16, 1937	Page ~4.



	Nr4ke I speak to you, my white folks was blessed wid a heap of black ohillun, but den dere been a odd one in de C rowd what wasnt noways 1 ike dem .othe rs. All de other ohillun was black skin wid. dis here kinky hair en she Was yellow skin wid right straight hair. My I~ord, old }Lis~sus• been mighty proud of her black ohi11un,~but she sho been touches bout dat yellow one. I remeniber, all us Ohillun was playin round bout de step one day whe‘ BLiss Ross was settin eu she ax dat yellow child, say, ‘Who your papa?‘ De child never know no better en she tell her right out e xac tly de one hr mammy had tel 1 her was her papa. Lord ‚ MISS Ross, she say, ‘Well, get off my step. Getoff en stay off dere cause youdon‘ noways belong to nie.1 ~e poor child, she cry en she cry so hard till her mammy never know what to cth. She take en grease her en black her all over wid smut, but she couldn‘ never trouble dat straight hair off her noway. Dat how—~come dere so‘ much different classes today, I say. Yes,rnazn, dat whe‘ dat old stain come from.N

	“My mammy, she was de housewoman to ~i.e big‘ house en she say dat she would always try to mind her business en she never didn‘ get no whippin much. Yes,marn, dey was mighty good to my mother, but dem other what nev~r do right., ~dey would carry dem to de cow pen en make dem strip. off dey frock, .1)odies ~ clean to de waist. Den dey would tie dem down to a log en‘ paddle dem wid. a board. ~ When dey would whip de men, ~ de boards would o ften t ime s have na ils in dem • Hear