DARE Interview : Gifford, Florida; Primary Informant FL052

Fieldworker

Murray, Laura

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• FL052: Black; male; age: 28 (young); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Full Interview (Tape 0288-S1).
• [Transcription available]
• Content:
• 00:15 Integration of local school system, reactions of both races. Incident where a Black girl was suspended for supposedly cutting a White girl's hair. No real evidence, either
• 05:45 Reactions to above incident, long speeches and bad blood. No Black principals in system
• 09:30 One pre-integration Black principal reduced to a truant officer. Problems with mismanagement of Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)
• 14:10 Staff of OEO, good secretaries and teachers but lazy, unprofessional administrators
• 18:30 Informant likes music, goes to bars a lot to hear bands. Met Otis Redding once in Miami
• 22:30 Majored in political science in college, likes Kennedy, Humphrey, Johnson. Stories of teacher who had very abusive/joking style
• 27:00 What above teacher used to say. Had fun in college, had to get used to weather and terrain—could get around without a cane despite his blindness
• 31:20 Tape end