DARE Interview : Trenton, New Jersey; Primary Informant NJ070

Fieldworker

Goldberg, David

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NJ070: Black; male; age: 46 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NJ070 (2:45)
• Full Interview (Tape 1058-S1).
• Content:
• 00:05 Poverty programs: job training, schooling, employment centers; Model Cities program; education, college prep program, funding, problems in the programs, people working in the programs
• 11:55 Working in a state mental institution
• 13:35 Riots in 1967
• 14:35 Young people's attitudes, problems in education, semi-literate high school graduates, fights in schools
• 20:30 Arthur the Rat
• 23:20 Reading habits
• 24:20 Intelligence tests
• 28:40 Tape end