DARE Interview : Memphis, Tennessee; Primary Informant TN051

Fieldworker

McKeldin, Marsha

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• TN051: Black; female; age: 76 (old); education: some schooling; community type: large city
• Media File:
• Full Interview (Tape 1587-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Grandparents were slaves locally, parents from Memphis
• 04:15 Religious beliefs, personal philosophy, health
• 05:45 Marriages
• 06:55 Local school, personal philosophy
• 08:15 God's plan; bottle feeding; race relations
• 14:35 School
• 15:35 Race relations
• 17:40 Religious beliefs, church membership
• 20:00 Family worked in fields, she grew up on farm, lived most of her life working as a domestic in White family homes
• 22:05 The Depression
• 26:05 Cost of living, television, children, death customs
• 30:10 Tape end