DARE Interview : Memphis, Tennessee; Primary Informant TN048

Fieldworker

McKeldin, Marsha

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• TN048: Black; male; age: 82 (old); education: college; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: TN048 (4:00)
• Full Interview (Tape 1586-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Grandparents freed slaves, came to Memphis 19th c.
• 02:20 Parents from Memphis; brothers and sisters; father was schoolteacher, contractor
• 05:30 Education—school, college (grad. 1912) Morehouse
• 06:40 Military service French lessons World War I, was chaplain
• 08:30 Taught school, principal elementary and high schools 30+ years, church pastor ca. 50 years
• 10:30 The Depression 1930s—pay in scrip
• 11:20 Politics (national)
• 13:05 Character of Memphis, local politics
• 21:50 Arthur the Rat
• 25:50 Tape end