"EVERY MAN WILL BE EQUAL", "Is all I can remember"

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One topic that my grandmom kept on discussing was the fact that she was not able to go and eat with white people and resturaunts were segregated. I didnt find this that interesting but she did so we continued to talk about. She expressed to me how when someone would come in town they would hang the hotdogs outside of the window? Im not sure how accurate that is, but she felt strongly about it.

In comparision to the research I did based on it it sounds about right some sources I used were

Sources:

http://www.readingnaacp.org/book_justice_segregation.html

http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&idigest=fb720fd31d9036c1ed2d1f3a0500fcc2&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=GIC&docId=CX2831400031&sourc

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Abstract:
Shirley will look back over some of the rough things she went through and be very hesitant to speak on them she was kinda indenial and really didnt want to go into to detail she believed that she was given a great education and that she did great in life, when she moved uo north. I know that there were a-lot of gruesome detail’s that she could have recognized but she explains after the interview that she really couldnt bring her mind to that place. She describes how the bathrooms were arranged and how life itself was.

Transcript:

JT: Good Afternoon Shirley how are you doing this afternoon

SB: Fine.

JT:Okay umm where did you live when the civil rights movement was going on?

SB;  During the civil rights movement I was living in North Philly

JT: Ok umm So how did it affect you as a child, didnt you live in Virgina as a child?

SB; Yes

JT; So how old where you when you moved up here?

SB: 19

JT; So how was racism in Virgina? if you can remember

SB: Well uhh you couldnt go the bathroom that the white people were going to You couldnt go to the regular resturaunts there was a special side for you to go into to. Like if you were in town they would hang your hot dogs out the window You couldnt go to the same water fountains they went to.

JT: And how did that make you feel?

SB: It really didnt bother me

JT: So you were okay with being treated not equal?

SB: Not really

JT; So when you moved to North Philadelphia did anything change?

SB: Somewhat

JT: Was it the same?

SB; No because you could go to the same restroom as the white people did

JT: When you were living in Virgina how was the education system down there?

SB: Well it was great

JT; So you were able to get a good education despite everything that was going on with racism and the civil rights movement.

SB; Well the white people had their school to go to and we had our own school.

JT:Well when you moved to North Philadelphia did you continue getting an education or did you just start working like what was your game plan when you left Virgina

SB; Well I attended Night School uhh I took up clerker work then I went to cashier trainer school and then I went to work

JT; Out of everything that was going on at that time what is the worst thing that you remeber happening to you or the people around you

SB: When we couldnt go sit down and eat in resturaunts

JT; Yeah and what did you to try an change things if anything?

SB; Well at that time I really didnt do anything.

JT; Right becuase it was hard, do you remeber anything specific about MLK Jr or the speeches that he made?

SB: I remember the speech he made called I have a dream

JT; What do you remember from that speech

SB; He said that every man would be equal

JT; Where you ever scared down in Virgina or in North Philly to do something not really knowing what would happen and not knowing where you’d end up?

SB: No

JT; Well thats all for today Thank you

SB; You are welcome.


History Interview

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