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good man en good ter us. ~ber since niah freedurn, I‘se wuk‘d as a laundress. Wuk‘d fer one fam‘Iy ob~er 21 ~‘ars. ‘Bout t~o ytars ago I lefted a tub, en hui‘t mahself. I‘se not able tei‘ wuk now. I hab bin rna‘ied twice en I‘se voted three times.“

	“I went ter schul at Fisk, a short time, w‘en hit wuz on 12th Avenue, but I diden‘ git ter go long ‘nuff ter git en ~/‘) ~ edj‘cation.“ .

	Hjj~ ‘fore de Civil ~ar I members de coni~t, Hit wuz lak a big sta‘r wid along tail. Eve‘body said hit wuz a sign ob Judgement Day.“ .

	“Bad luck signs: Ef‘n a picture falls, hit~s a sign ob de‘th. - bad luck ter step ovuh a broom - ef a clock stop rurrnint en later hit strike, dat means de‘th.“

	“Sum ~ob de youn.g peéple terday ez good but sum ob dem

don‘t wan‘ter be nuthin‘. De last war ruined mos‘ ob de white en de black.“

	“1 b‘leeves in de Baptist ‘ligion en ‘longs ter de Bapt1st~ Church, 9th 4\~venue N. en Cedar Street. Dé white ‘oman I wuk‘d f1th w~nted me ter ~ de Christian (colored) ehuch. Only song I now members ez “On Jordans Banks I Stand.“ “Don‘t think dis marrin‘ ob whites wid blacks should be ‘lowed en think eve‘yculor should stay ter hits~sef.“

	~	“i don‘t member now ‘bout any stories tole back in oie times. Our white folks wuz Christians en tried ter teach us right en dey didan‘ tek up much tinie tellin‘ stories.“