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Aunt Mollie Moss # 88- Auburn Street, Knoxville ‚ Tennessee





	There is no street sien or a numbero~ any of the ramshackled frame cottages that seemingly lean with the breezes, first one direction, then an~ other, along the a11~ that wind‘s through the city‘s northernmost bo‘undary and stops its meanderings at the doorstep 0±‘ “Uncle Andr~w Moss“ and. his wife, “Aunt Mollie.“

	The City Directory of Knoxville,Tennessee officially lists the Moss residence as ~ 88 Auburn Street. It rests uron its foundations more substan~ tially, and is in better ke~t condition than its neighbors. In lieu of a

•reg~larli house ~ mmiber, the aged. negro couple have placed a rusty automobile lisence tag of ancient vintage conspicuously over their door. It is their jesture of contempt for their nearest white neighbors who „ dont seem to care whedder folkees know whar dey lib an maybe don wants e~ii to.“

	As for Aunt 1~ollie, she holds herself superior to all of her neigh— bors. She 0Ain got no time for po white trash no~ay.)‘ 1She shoo‘ed two little tow-headed white girls~from her doorstep with her broom as she stood in her door and watched a visitor ap~.roach.“G~‘wan way friim here now,cau be bodder wid you chi].lun messin ups my front yerd.Take yo tinge an go on back to yo o~n placel“

	“Dat s way dey do ‚ „ she m~m~nled as she lead the vi s i to r ins ide the cottage,through the dinin~g~room andkit~hen into the livin~~x~om and- bedroom. n ~ • ]c~ow what I g*ine . do when e orne si~mtner t tine .Keeps me all t ime lookin out

fôr dem chiilwis~Dey‘s dat troublesome. Brings trash in on my flo ~~hat I jes

~	scö~a±‘ed~, anirnisses ‘roun, maybe tryi~nto*steal ~uxiizin an me watchin em too. k Dey wasut teacheci. ~n~ei~ ~n ‘izvior in o~d~er folkses houses like what1 I ~r N
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