1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,230 funny over here for the corners of 2 00:00:02,310 --> 00:00:06,089 highlights and highlights you landed at 3 00:00:04,230 --> 00:00:08,340 this church and crossbows baileyabroad 4 00:00:06,089 --> 00:00:10,230 college I would like to thank you for 5 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:14,400 taking the time to show your skirt to 6 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:16,800 stay deals jun 29 who's his team my name 7 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:23,550 is kim singing slow / 19 he's her 8 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:24,990 husband my name is Allison and I let's 9 00:00:23,550 --> 00:00:28,890 start out with some basic questions 10 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:30,840 about you in your life it will exmoor so 11 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:34,890 stay people questions about the 12 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:37,860 neighborhood what is your name my name 13 00:00:34,890 --> 00:00:40,020 is Richard Allen Elmore if you don't 14 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:43,559 mind what year was she born I was born 15 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:47,039 in nineteen fifty eight or you born and 16 00:00:43,559 --> 00:00:50,370 raised in Memphis going to st. Joseph's 17 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:54,829 Hospital mr. occupation my occupation is 18 00:00:50,370 --> 00:00:54,829 retired steamfitter pipe fitter welder 19 00:00:56,690 --> 00:01:06,930 can you elaborate on your job well all I 20 00:01:02,910 --> 00:01:10,229 can say about my job is that I am 21 00:01:06,930 --> 00:01:13,380 virtually hot all the time in the summer 22 00:01:10,229 --> 00:01:15,090 because i'm using on top of roof fixing 23 00:01:13,380 --> 00:01:17,520 air conditions and fixing them for 24 00:01:15,090 --> 00:01:20,420 people and and in the wintertime I'm up 25 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:24,090 on the roofs piping in gas two units and 26 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:26,100 cold and then when you get the power 27 00:01:24,090 --> 00:01:29,610 house built if you know what a power 28 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:32,400 house is it's usually 130 to 140 degrees 29 00:01:29,610 --> 00:01:34,009 in there if you're welding you have to 30 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,119 wear blue jeans and you have to wear 31 00:01:34,009 --> 00:01:40,740 covering so you're gonna get burned by 32 00:01:36,119 --> 00:01:42,840 the welding rods involves a little bit 33 00:01:40,740 --> 00:01:44,820 of trigonometry a little math little 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:50,460 formulas but once you start doing it's 35 00:01:44,820 --> 00:01:52,079 like riding a bicycle it comes to you we 36 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:54,930 were speaking whinnies like yeah milk 37 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:58,110 middle with something like yeah 38 00:01:54,930 --> 00:02:00,030 and plastic and i also have training I 39 00:01:58,110 --> 00:02:06,480 don't do it no more but I can weld 40 00:02:00,030 --> 00:02:08,970 underwater too did you ever met actually 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:12,170 I've been married twice first time with 42 00:02:08,970 --> 00:02:17,580 27 years the high school sweetheart 43 00:02:12,170 --> 00:02:19,680 three kids and then I'm married after we 44 00:02:17,580 --> 00:02:22,650 separated I married again it was married 45 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:28,080 12 years to the other one her name is 46 00:02:22,650 --> 00:02:33,570 Stacy we're still good friends just no 47 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:36,270 longer see eye to eye what is just 48 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:41,610 busting a in the occupation just last 49 00:02:36,270 --> 00:02:44,720 name an occupation what do they what do 50 00:02:41,610 --> 00:02:48,500 they do like work what's up or do you 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:51,989 heating air conditioning refrigeration 52 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:55,320 process pipe process pipe is like a 53 00:02:51,989 --> 00:02:57,930 place like brew city or coolers well 54 00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:00,120 they make beer and zimas and stuff you 55 00:02:57,930 --> 00:03:01,500 have to do stainless pipe and you have 56 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,209 to purge it I don't know if you know 57 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:05,360 about purging but you have to purge the 58 00:03:03,209 --> 00:03:11,750 pipe so it stays clean during the weld 59 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:11,750 so none of that gets into your product 60 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:16,260 you mentioned that you had three 61 00:03:14,190 --> 00:03:21,780 children can you tell us some more about 62 00:03:16,260 --> 00:03:25,200 that well I've got three girls Otis when 63 00:03:21,780 --> 00:03:29,810 his name amber star my middle one is 64 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:40,440 named Mandy and my baby girl to sherry I 65 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:45,150 have four grandkids I recently have lost 66 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:50,310 I lost my dad in the tornado and Joplin 67 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:53,190 Missouri not too long ago and I lost my 68 00:03:50,310 --> 00:03:57,510 mother because of a heart related 69 00:03:53,190 --> 00:03:58,920 conditions and my grandmother just 70 00:03:57,510 --> 00:04:02,480 passed I had a grand mal it was a 71 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,480 hundred years old she just passed 72 00:04:02,740 --> 00:04:17,650 watch them I'm solo here set my kids do 73 00:04:13,660 --> 00:04:22,900 you have white shirt you tonight my 74 00:04:17,650 --> 00:04:26,890 children's name is amber star Mandy and 75 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:29,410 sherry but the best of all of them is my 76 00:04:26,890 --> 00:04:36,870 granddaughter named hailey Elizabeth 77 00:04:29,410 --> 00:04:36,870 Turner she's nine she's my pride and joy 78 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:43,270 speaking like he is 30 kids go to any 79 00:04:40,870 --> 00:04:45,990 type of conscience around it excellently 80 00:04:43,270 --> 00:04:49,570 attended Memphis State mandy was uh 81 00:04:45,990 --> 00:04:52,600 Mandy achieved a lot she was whoohoo at 82 00:04:49,570 --> 00:04:55,330 Memphis State are they all the s80 tests 83 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:58,810 and all the stuff she scored seventh in 84 00:04:55,330 --> 00:05:00,880 the whole state of Tennessee she's 85 00:04:58,810 --> 00:05:05,050 actually waiting she works a manager for 86 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:08,050 Barnes & Noble she is awaiting her 87 00:05:05,050 --> 00:05:12,940 entrance to go to Colorado State to 88 00:05:08,050 --> 00:05:15,670 where she wants to be a profiler and the 89 00:05:12,940 --> 00:05:17,230 other two they my Otis when stars she 90 00:05:15,670 --> 00:05:19,630 went to member state but she took a 91 00:05:17,230 --> 00:05:25,360 stenographer job downtown division 10 92 00:05:19,630 --> 00:05:31,930 and 12 sherry works for ups she's a 93 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:35,050 manager of two of the drop-off hubs can 94 00:05:31,930 --> 00:05:40,900 you tell me about the neighborhood well 95 00:05:35,050 --> 00:05:47,190 a long time ago but I grew up at the end 96 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:52,000 of Kern's in Tillman in between Pope 97 00:05:47,190 --> 00:05:53,800 right there beside Oh Buckeye and her 98 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:58,210 wiener dog child company was around the 99 00:05:53,800 --> 00:06:02,680 other side of it too and the real good 100 00:05:58,210 --> 00:06:04,969 neighborhood always was grew up there 101 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:08,449 and went to 102 00:06:04,969 --> 00:06:10,009 actually started going to treble I went 103 00:06:08,449 --> 00:06:11,839 all the way up to the about the seventh 104 00:06:10,009 --> 00:06:15,079 grade or 8th grade that's when the 105 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:16,789 mandatory bus and hit well before all 106 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:22,759 that don't let me bring this into I god 107 00:06:16,789 --> 00:06:25,819 this has barents on things we've been 108 00:06:22,759 --> 00:06:27,769 living there probably three years on 109 00:06:25,819 --> 00:06:29,749 Guernsey and that's when we that year 110 00:06:27,769 --> 00:06:33,079 that's the year we had that big snow we 111 00:06:29,749 --> 00:06:34,549 had about four foot of snow and Memphis 112 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:36,889 thieves we don't get a lot of snow at 113 00:06:34,549 --> 00:06:39,229 all but that year we got a lot of snow 114 00:06:36,889 --> 00:06:41,959 and right after the snow cleared that's 115 00:06:39,229 --> 00:06:45,619 when uh when dr. King was giving his 116 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:48,139 speech in his mountaintop talk and he 117 00:06:45,619 --> 00:06:51,289 was helping the sanitation workers March 118 00:06:48,139 --> 00:06:54,889 and everything and then of course you 119 00:06:51,289 --> 00:06:58,099 know the rest he lost his life and it 120 00:06:54,889 --> 00:06:59,599 was chaos for a while it was because I 121 00:06:58,099 --> 00:07:01,759 lived right there at then by the bought 122 00:06:59,599 --> 00:07:04,879 out there and National Guard had to come 123 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:06,649 out with tanks and jeeps and guns and he 124 00:07:04,879 --> 00:07:08,479 had to protect everybody because the 125 00:07:06,649 --> 00:07:10,459 people were just going crazy and coming 126 00:07:08,479 --> 00:07:12,529 down the street jackson that are tore up 127 00:07:10,459 --> 00:07:14,659 downtown and they were coming all the 128 00:07:12,529 --> 00:07:17,269 way down Jackson they stopped him at the 129 00:07:14,659 --> 00:07:23,360 by dog at Jackson hands summer actually 130 00:07:17,269 --> 00:07:26,629 and because I wasn't but I was about 4th 131 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,309 5th grade so I really did on what was 132 00:07:26,629 --> 00:07:33,519 going on really i just knew the army man 133 00:07:28,309 --> 00:07:38,329 were out there and but now that Tom's 134 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:40,279 traveled on that was big to do it really 135 00:07:38,329 --> 00:07:42,799 was I wish it never had happened because 136 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:45,349 it kind of put i saw on Memphis for the 137 00:07:42,799 --> 00:07:48,409 rest of its life but anyway it was a 138 00:07:45,349 --> 00:07:50,209 good neighborhood we were all it was a 139 00:07:48,409 --> 00:07:52,099 black and white neighborhood when I 140 00:07:50,209 --> 00:07:57,169 moved into it and it still was still is 141 00:07:52,099 --> 00:07:59,389 now and but really and truly race 142 00:07:57,169 --> 00:08:01,729 relations was were very good then 143 00:07:59,389 --> 00:08:03,259 because my mother worked for Dixon art 144 00:08:01,729 --> 00:08:06,110 and cron delay and I had to watch my 145 00:08:03,259 --> 00:08:08,209 sisters and I we had two or three or 146 00:08:06,110 --> 00:08:10,869 more Diaz that lived down the street 147 00:08:08,209 --> 00:08:13,339 from us and they kind of washed over to 148 00:08:10,869 --> 00:08:14,719 let see back then and if you got out of 149 00:08:13,339 --> 00:08:16,069 line you could get a whoopin from your 150 00:08:14,719 --> 00:08:16,760 neighbors you can't get no weapon no 151 00:08:16,069 --> 00:08:18,530 more 152 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,750 I don't know if that's good or bad but 153 00:08:18,530 --> 00:08:22,670 I'm just saying you got whoopings back 154 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:26,300 then and there's something have a 155 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:27,950 neighbor whoop you and then on exhale 156 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:30,950 your mom of course whatever you be doing 157 00:08:27,950 --> 00:08:33,830 and you get another woman so that kind 158 00:08:30,950 --> 00:08:35,360 of kept us all and straight line I had 159 00:08:33,830 --> 00:08:37,760 some of my best friends though that 160 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:41,080 lived on carpenter street actually their 161 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:44,120 name with Bates it was about 14 of them 162 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:46,100 they were black we had a good time at 163 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:52,880 sunnyside park it used to be at the end 164 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:55,310 of Persian and Baltic it's good quiet 165 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,420 neighborhood everything went good we 166 00:08:55,310 --> 00:09:00,500 didn't have no we didn't have nearly 167 00:08:56,420 --> 00:09:06,230 troubles we have now but time marches on 168 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:09,050 just like I said but I don't know what 169 00:09:06,230 --> 00:09:11,720 to say about sip that maybe as we got 170 00:09:09,050 --> 00:09:14,210 older than mandatory bus and hit and I 171 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,880 had to go spend a little time at Douglas 172 00:09:14,210 --> 00:09:19,940 with the red devils and then I had to go 173 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:23,660 to manassas with the scrapers then I 174 00:09:19,940 --> 00:09:25,940 finally got a coach to use my 175 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:29,000 grandmother's address which wasn't my 176 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:30,470 own it was more in Kingsbury but they 177 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,810 sent me to Trevor because i had that 178 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:36,050 address so i got to finish up at red 179 00:09:32,810 --> 00:09:42,140 well of course I went to springdale and 180 00:09:36,050 --> 00:09:44,690 Lester elementary that's about all I can 181 00:09:42,140 --> 00:09:48,020 say got looking got a scholarship to 182 00:09:44,690 --> 00:09:53,960 middle tennessee state play football the 183 00:09:48,020 --> 00:10:00,350 wall came back home did you play 184 00:09:53,960 --> 00:10:02,600 football I played nose guard and it once 185 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:08,840 why I got to play linebacker but most 186 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:11,210 time I was just in the trenches we did 187 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:15,200 win the state though in 77 a basketball 188 00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:18,290 not football I play basketball to tread 189 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:22,670 will one is state and 77 before penny 190 00:10:18,290 --> 00:10:25,220 hardaway and before LAPD going back to 191 00:10:22,670 --> 00:10:29,360 the neighborhood you mention it you 192 00:10:25,220 --> 00:10:33,740 how did that affect me how did it affect 193 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:38,000 me that I was blessed Oh bust Oh at 194 00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:40,819 first it was a it was panic in Detroit 195 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,350 and it was panic of course but I got to 196 00:10:40,819 --> 00:10:44,959 looking in the black kids they were just 197 00:10:42,350 --> 00:10:46,850 as messed up as I was because there they 198 00:10:44,959 --> 00:10:51,139 were coming from Snowden and cypresswood 199 00:10:46,850 --> 00:10:53,720 and all the other schools that was sure 200 00:10:51,139 --> 00:10:57,769 would all them were getting uh bust all 201 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:59,540 together and we just we just everybody 202 00:10:57,769 --> 00:11:02,420 fell in line but we didn't have to have 203 00:10:59,540 --> 00:11:04,399 no police and the schools or nothing and 204 00:11:02,420 --> 00:11:05,959 have nobody but the principles and a few 205 00:11:04,399 --> 00:11:13,459 teachers out there to escort you to 206 00:11:05,959 --> 00:11:19,670 wherever you were going to so it's quite 207 00:11:13,459 --> 00:11:23,750 times my home life I grew up with my 208 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:27,620 mother my dad was around it once in a 209 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:29,209 while but some daddy's back then they 210 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:30,860 just didn't take the responsibility as 211 00:11:29,209 --> 00:11:34,509 they do now they didn't take the 212 00:11:30,860 --> 00:11:37,850 responsibility to raise their kids I 213 00:11:34,509 --> 00:11:39,350 didn't present that but there's nothing 214 00:11:37,850 --> 00:11:42,829 you can do most of Mama's during that 215 00:11:39,350 --> 00:11:45,980 time we're very strong women they knew 216 00:11:42,829 --> 00:11:51,069 how to raise a family how to work two 217 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:52,570 jobs and how to keep peace but I have I 218 00:11:51,069 --> 00:11:57,040 grew up with four 219 00:11:52,570 --> 00:11:58,690 sisters so I'm just thinking god I was 220 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,580 the oldest because if I'd been younger 221 00:11:58,690 --> 00:12:01,810 ain't no telling i had makeup on playing 222 00:12:00,580 --> 00:12:05,200 with dolls and i'll tell him what they'd 223 00:12:01,810 --> 00:12:12,400 have me doing but it was nothing wrong 224 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:15,340 with that but i didn't want to do it my 225 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:21,190 sister's name is my sister's name my 226 00:12:15,340 --> 00:12:25,560 oldest one is paula k partly and my 227 00:12:21,190 --> 00:12:33,790 other sisters Beverly Joyce Hartley and 228 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:36,820 Theresa no they're not there they're 229 00:12:33,790 --> 00:12:47,350 scattered around once a Dallas and ones 230 00:12:36,820 --> 00:12:51,010 in our women ting North Carolina was 231 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:57,220 your parents single was there my mother 232 00:12:51,010 --> 00:13:00,040 was Patsy gene burns oh they're all it 233 00:12:57,220 --> 00:13:02,230 was all from diceberg and she grew up on 234 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:04,210 Rainer actually over there off lamar 235 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:05,680 used to be a place called a big shoe if 236 00:13:04,210 --> 00:13:09,490 you sell a lot of shoes they're out of a 237 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:14,130 big shoe on sims and they grew up right 238 00:13:09,490 --> 00:13:18,030 there she grew up right there my daddy 239 00:13:14,130 --> 00:13:20,590 Richard Allen Elmore senior he was a 240 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:27,460 construction worker he was a welder he 241 00:13:20,590 --> 00:13:28,060 was an ironworker Ashley they didn't he 242 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:30,550 grew up at 243 00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:34,750 sliema my granddaddy own Delmore TV 244 00:13:30,550 --> 00:13:36,310 repair shop at watkins and jackson he 245 00:13:34,750 --> 00:13:38,050 used to fix everybody's TVs and radios 246 00:13:36,310 --> 00:13:39,550 which that was a big thing back then 247 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:44,440 they didn't have computers or nothing 248 00:13:39,550 --> 00:13:51,660 they just they barely had telephones but 249 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:56,080 uh Oh a lot to my granddaddy am no more 250 00:13:51,660 --> 00:13:59,050 yeah yeah had a big family my daddy oh 251 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:04,810 my daddy had six brothers and two 252 00:13:59,050 --> 00:14:07,270 dollars to sister something and out of 253 00:14:04,810 --> 00:14:12,960 all the grandkids it was about 27 of 254 00:14:07,270 --> 00:14:18,310 them I'm the oldest so I ruled there to 255 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:22,470 some work its way you say it is 256 00:14:18,310 --> 00:14:22,470 discussion how long did he do this brush 257 00:14:23,430 --> 00:14:30,790 over 35 years my mother wrapped meat she 258 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,500 was a she be one of the first meet 259 00:14:30,790 --> 00:14:33,910 wrappers she never achieved to be a 260 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:36,250 butcher because they didn't let women 261 00:14:33,910 --> 00:14:39,370 cut me back then only butchers could do 262 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:42,130 it but she she was a UH me trapper for 263 00:14:39,370 --> 00:14:46,000 all actually she started at Dixon Martin 264 00:14:42,130 --> 00:14:49,960 khurana lay then she moved up to a big 265 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:53,230 star pick pack Billy restore knows she 266 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:54,850 worked there and then she actually long 267 00:14:53,230 --> 00:14:57,160 time ago they don't know if you know 268 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:59,620 about this i'll probably don't but go 269 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,180 Smith's and Lowenstein's downtown used 270 00:14:59,620 --> 00:15:04,660 to hook up they have a tunnel that goes 271 00:15:01,180 --> 00:15:06,070 on the streets and I'm sure that tunnel 272 00:15:04,660 --> 00:15:08,470 still there but under it was a place 273 00:15:06,070 --> 00:15:12,550 called bars Easter brothers and she 274 00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:17,310 worked there to cutting delicatessen 275 00:15:12,550 --> 00:15:17,310 meat and imported stuff 276 00:15:19,970 --> 00:15:25,380 then she got into wrapping me then she 277 00:15:23,580 --> 00:15:27,810 actually should be she went to krogers 278 00:15:25,380 --> 00:15:29,040 after clover come in and settled in and 279 00:15:27,810 --> 00:15:31,680 took over everything and they finally 280 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:33,480 let her cut meat they finally let women 281 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,070 cut me become a butcher but she never 282 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,230 did want to be a butcher no more but she 283 00:15:35,070 --> 00:15:39,990 did going there coming on Saturdays like 284 00:15:37,230 --> 00:15:42,930 holidays like what's coming up she gonna 285 00:15:39,990 --> 00:15:44,400 have to go in early and I'd help her cut 286 00:15:42,930 --> 00:15:45,630 me but I didn't want to be a butcher 287 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,970 because every one of the butcher men 288 00:15:45,630 --> 00:15:51,480 there's all missing fingers they did all 289 00:15:47,970 --> 00:15:55,170 my said nah we're all my fingers so I 290 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:56,490 didn't want to be a meet cutter so I 291 00:15:55,170 --> 00:15:57,960 stayed in school and tried to give a 292 00:15:56,490 --> 00:15:59,250 scholarship and got lucky and went the 293 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,520 Middle Tennessee State I was trying to 294 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:04,850 go to member state but they was place 295 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:06,990 they said my grades weren't good enough 296 00:16:04,850 --> 00:16:18,650 but Middle Tennessee the blue raiders 297 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:20,970 they took me what was school like to me 298 00:16:18,650 --> 00:16:23,190 it was a good place i look forward to 299 00:16:20,970 --> 00:16:26,520 going to school i did i actually woke up 300 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:28,770 early i go up down the street because we 301 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,210 all walk to school we always want we'd 302 00:16:28,770 --> 00:16:32,820 walk all the way from Tilghman all the 303 00:16:30,210 --> 00:16:36,590 way to Highland to triple that's a nice 304 00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:38,970 little dog legs back and forth but I 305 00:16:36,590 --> 00:16:41,310 used to get everybody together in all 306 00:16:38,970 --> 00:16:43,560 rainy days we had a man named mr. 307 00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:47,430 feathers he had a big truck he was 308 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:48,540 retired he would he would start his 309 00:16:47,430 --> 00:16:50,850 truck and be sitting out there waiting 310 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:53,700 and he'd Palace all in the truck and he 311 00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:55,260 had a cover on his truck and he he made 312 00:16:53,700 --> 00:17:01,440 trips during the day when it was raining 313 00:16:55,260 --> 00:17:04,270 to get us all the school so school life 314 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,760 was good then it was good 315 00:17:04,270 --> 00:17:10,270 did you participate in activities at 316 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:12,760 school yes I did actually I was in a lot 317 00:17:10,270 --> 00:17:19,930 i was in the drama club I was in the 4-h 318 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:21,790 club I was in the no of course I was 319 00:17:19,930 --> 00:17:25,720 athlete I did everything baseball 320 00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:31,480 football basketball ran track totes shot 321 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:33,910 put and I played in a band for a while I 322 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,230 play saxophone and tuba but after you 323 00:17:33,910 --> 00:17:36,580 gotten about the ninth grade the 324 00:17:35,230 --> 00:17:38,140 football coaches would say what are you 325 00:17:36,580 --> 00:17:40,300 going to be you're going to be a tuba 326 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:43,120 player being a band are you gonna be a 327 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:45,640 football player so you had to give up 328 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:48,400 one of the other and that's now went to 329 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:50,440 football but I participated in line I 330 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:54,730 love school actually trevor was a great 331 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:56,860 place of course I told you before i went 332 00:17:54,730 --> 00:17:58,570 to Leicester for a little while but I 333 00:17:56,860 --> 00:18:01,930 actually I started out of bus bethel 334 00:17:58,570 --> 00:18:04,930 grove / off lamar that was my first 335 00:18:01,930 --> 00:18:08,410 grade year the second grade my mom was 336 00:18:04,930 --> 00:18:10,630 going through divorce with my pop and i 337 00:18:08,410 --> 00:18:12,340 had to live with my grandparents and I 338 00:18:10,630 --> 00:18:15,220 went down to buy hey I went to buy hey 339 00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:18,520 elementary for one year and I came back 340 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:20,740 we moved on Guernsey so I went to 341 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,440 Treadwell from then on until the bus and 342 00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:25,540 started and I had to go to I had to go 343 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:30,340 when they sent me for a year and then I 344 00:18:25,540 --> 00:18:32,470 got back in trouble I graduated 77 well 345 00:18:30,340 --> 00:18:36,760 attended sure where did have an impact 346 00:18:32,470 --> 00:18:40,810 on the community I don't know if I had 347 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:41,830 an impact but I I told some some of the 348 00:18:40,810 --> 00:18:46,900 people up down the street was that 349 00:18:41,830 --> 00:18:49,030 impact i'm sure i know it was a bad kid 350 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:50,590 though I'm not like I saw was the 351 00:18:49,030 --> 00:18:53,680 greatest kid but I wasn't a bad kid I 352 00:18:50,590 --> 00:18:55,750 didn't steal course as you're growing up 353 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,510 you have a few skirmishes along the way 354 00:18:55,750 --> 00:19:00,370 and then like I said before I got along 355 00:18:58,510 --> 00:19:01,780 I got along with everybody and I had 356 00:19:00,370 --> 00:19:05,980 more black friends almost done I had 357 00:19:01,780 --> 00:19:09,430 wine and of course lot on back then it 358 00:19:05,980 --> 00:19:12,120 was up it was a bad bad tempo going 359 00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:12,120 around then 360 00:19:14,159 --> 00:19:21,580 and when the bad as it is now but the 361 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:28,139 hatred was there and I'm saying all that 362 00:19:21,580 --> 00:19:30,279 to say this some people always wanna be 363 00:19:28,139 --> 00:19:31,809 instigating stuff and there were some 364 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,850 instigators and that neighborhood ago 365 00:19:31,809 --> 00:19:35,350 some of them didn't they really didn't 366 00:19:33,850 --> 00:19:36,880 want the black and whites to be like it 367 00:19:35,350 --> 00:19:39,850 was there that was they kept it they 368 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:43,529 wanted to keep the line where it was and 369 00:19:39,850 --> 00:19:47,470 the line actually started it at the zoo 370 00:19:43,529 --> 00:19:49,149 at parkway and transmit there will you 371 00:19:47,470 --> 00:19:51,940 come down summer and everything else 372 00:19:49,149 --> 00:19:53,710 from that back that was white all the 373 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:56,740 way to the berkeley area into everything 374 00:19:53,710 --> 00:19:59,679 but uh that was just a time and an arrow 375 00:19:56,740 --> 00:20:01,510 I mean I'm not proud of it but I ain't 376 00:19:59,679 --> 00:20:04,210 scared to talk about it either because I 377 00:20:01,510 --> 00:20:05,799 know I wasn't part of it and I used to 378 00:20:04,210 --> 00:20:08,320 get I had to fight a whole lot of 379 00:20:05,799 --> 00:20:10,539 battles because I had a lot of black 380 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,919 friends I had I had a couple of black 381 00:20:10,539 --> 00:20:13,630 buddies I wish they was around now I 382 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:15,850 don't know whether right now but uh they 383 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:18,279 were twins they were my best buddies we 384 00:20:15,850 --> 00:20:20,860 used to climb trees and do all kind of 385 00:20:18,279 --> 00:20:22,389 stuff and they they Mickey cakes all the 386 00:20:20,860 --> 00:20:24,610 time if you know what a Mickey cake is 387 00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:26,679 they got a banana flip that's what they 388 00:20:24,610 --> 00:20:39,460 had one was named banana when I was 389 00:20:26,679 --> 00:20:41,500 named flip call them banana flu not 390 00:20:39,460 --> 00:20:45,370 really it didn't impact on them people 391 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:47,380 people acted like it might have but it 392 00:20:45,370 --> 00:20:52,580 didn't it didn't miss me he kind of way 393 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:54,529 at all I was and they also 394 00:20:52,580 --> 00:20:57,080 let me tell you what they did to during 395 00:20:54,529 --> 00:20:58,760 them times I really didn't know how oh I 396 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,970 said what I think the education system 397 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:03,830 did it was a supervising then named 398 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:07,519 Freeman that's who run it before Willie 399 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:10,100 Herenton got it I just think they didn't 400 00:21:07,519 --> 00:21:12,320 know what to do so they they disguised a 401 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:14,090 little of it under the pretenses of 402 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,220 saying this is how you're going to do 403 00:21:14,090 --> 00:21:17,630 this when you get in college they set up 404 00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:20,149 a quarter system I know if you're 405 00:21:17,630 --> 00:21:22,760 familiar with a quarter system the 406 00:21:20,149 --> 00:21:29,570 quarter system was that you had english 407 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:32,149 math spelling te you'd have four weeks 408 00:21:29,570 --> 00:21:34,250 with one teacher and you have four weeks 409 00:21:32,149 --> 00:21:36,320 with another four weeks with another and 410 00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:39,380 four weeks with another that made one 411 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:40,760 credit you had to do right and pass all 412 00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:46,190 them teachers and if you didn't pass 413 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:48,139 that you didn't get your credit so there 414 00:21:46,190 --> 00:21:51,830 was a lot of they got lost in the mix 415 00:21:48,139 --> 00:21:54,110 because all that but not really didn't 416 00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:56,210 okay actually it enlightened me a little 417 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:59,929 bit about the city because like I said 418 00:21:56,210 --> 00:22:03,639 there was people coming over places I 419 00:21:59,929 --> 00:22:03,639 have never thought about in Memphis them 420 00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:29,539 yesterday I go to Harlem heights baptist 421 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:33,200 church Oh 53 years well we have a Bible 422 00:22:29,539 --> 00:22:35,000 study we do on wednesday mornings with a 423 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:38,630 pastor we do today and then on thursday 424 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:41,210 nights we have bible study it Lyndon 425 00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:46,519 Wayne Burgess house and we're we're 426 00:22:41,210 --> 00:22:48,860 trying to how can I say evangelize the 427 00:22:46,519 --> 00:22:51,529 neighborhood we have quite a little 428 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:53,029 gathering we have a lot of children we 429 00:22:51,529 --> 00:22:54,590 have some adults in there to go and we 430 00:22:53,029 --> 00:22:56,899 take turns doing the lesson and then we 431 00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:59,870 course we take turns cooking a meal so 432 00:22:56,899 --> 00:23:02,270 we sit down a break bread talk about 433 00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:03,799 whatever we want to talk about and then 434 00:23:02,270 --> 00:23:04,380 we get down to the lesson and talk about 435 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:06,210 God 436 00:23:04,380 --> 00:23:10,530 and everybody has a different impression 437 00:23:06,210 --> 00:23:12,240 of God I know y'all know that so we try 438 00:23:10,530 --> 00:23:15,330 to enlighten them a little bit we don't 439 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:19,490 push nothing on them know we just kind 440 00:23:15,330 --> 00:23:19,490 of think like like what would Jesus do 441 00:23:33,650 --> 00:23:46,650 well it's been a lot I don't know where 442 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:50,400 how much going to talk about we didn't 443 00:23:46,650 --> 00:23:52,290 really uh we really didn't have a lot 444 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,240 when I was growing up I mean I don't 445 00:23:52,290 --> 00:23:56,760 have a lot now I have enough to get by 446 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:58,470 though but we didn't have a lot and I 447 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,600 never had no big brothers or anything so 448 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:03,330 I never get I never did get anything 449 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,490 passed down to me like my sisters did 450 00:24:03,330 --> 00:24:08,100 because my sister's girls so they were 451 00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:09,750 just you know how that goes so when I 452 00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:11,930 want a new pair of kicks on new pair 453 00:24:09,750 --> 00:24:15,090 whatever I had to set up with whatever 454 00:24:11,930 --> 00:24:16,710 was throwing at me and they weren't 455 00:24:15,090 --> 00:24:18,480 converse and they weren't they were 456 00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:21,000 actually they would I know if you know 457 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:26,510 for this term is everybody's that buddy 458 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:28,860 shoes anyway but I enjoyed my buddies 459 00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:31,260 actually there was a place called Kent's 460 00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:34,380 dollar store used to be right there at 461 00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:35,850 homes and summer and if you're going and 462 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:39,060 get a good pair of tennis shoes a kid 463 00:24:35,850 --> 00:24:41,910 Kent's and their kids is what they were 464 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:45,390 k EDS I wore a lot of those until I 465 00:24:41,910 --> 00:24:48,270 finally got a paper route and throwing 466 00:24:45,390 --> 00:24:49,860 papers for the whole neighborhood then I 467 00:24:48,270 --> 00:24:51,960 realized about the papers bringing money 468 00:24:49,860 --> 00:24:54,510 but back then people pay you go collect 469 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,980 the money and you got your money you 470 00:24:54,510 --> 00:24:58,200 have to worry about people mailing them 471 00:24:55,980 --> 00:25:00,150 in or not answering their doors people 472 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,950 were always nice to pay around the 473 00:25:00,150 --> 00:25:08,780 neighborhood I through all the papers 474 00:25:01,950 --> 00:25:11,899 from all right Jackson Avenue down Crump 475 00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:18,679 lanik carradyne 476 00:25:11,899 --> 00:25:22,169 lamphere guernsey given Mendel lantic 477 00:25:18,679 --> 00:25:23,820 Hudson I had basically the morning the 478 00:25:22,169 --> 00:25:25,860 Sunday papers were the best though they 479 00:25:23,820 --> 00:25:28,200 were I had about eight hundred and three 480 00:25:25,860 --> 00:25:29,309 those in the press scimitar I'd have to 481 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,049 throw over about a hundred of those 482 00:25:29,309 --> 00:25:34,279 hundred fifty something of them but I 483 00:25:31,049 --> 00:25:36,960 through both the papers night and 484 00:25:34,279 --> 00:25:39,559 morning and have to learn how to make 485 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:43,350 that money like that and I was about 486 00:25:39,559 --> 00:25:45,330 that was about thirteen everything was 487 00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:46,799 all right then as far as money goes I 488 00:25:45,330 --> 00:25:59,789 can even help mom out with some bills 489 00:25:46,799 --> 00:26:01,409 sometimes it was a good night mother it 490 00:25:59,789 --> 00:26:06,119 was really good it was a good 491 00:26:01,409 --> 00:26:09,029 neighborhood I mean of course you had 492 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:10,409 your bad people you had some tide 493 00:26:09,029 --> 00:26:14,220 remember the biggest thing back then I 494 00:26:10,409 --> 00:26:15,960 was on making a national there nice to 495 00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:17,639 go there's Ford's barber shop used to be 496 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,710 there that's why he'll get the haircut 497 00:26:17,639 --> 00:26:22,859 every two weeks or whatever get that 498 00:26:19,710 --> 00:26:24,720 flat top then you had an ice cream place 499 00:26:22,859 --> 00:26:27,539 called dipper dans well that was more of 500 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,239 a community area there right well they 501 00:26:27,539 --> 00:26:33,899 opened up a couple bars there peanut bar 502 00:26:30,239 --> 00:26:36,419 and Johnny's place or whatever South old 503 00:26:33,899 --> 00:26:38,249 papers there they took a paper and the 504 00:26:36,419 --> 00:26:42,509 neighborhood kind of United together to 505 00:26:38,249 --> 00:26:43,919 try to get them took out but they kind 506 00:26:42,509 --> 00:26:45,269 of halfway shut down and open back up 507 00:26:43,919 --> 00:26:47,970 and then just moved on down a little 508 00:26:45,269 --> 00:26:52,070 further but all in all the neighborhood 509 00:26:47,970 --> 00:26:52,070 was really good really was 510 00:27:02,330 --> 00:27:10,890 well that's a big deal there and co so I 511 00:27:07,140 --> 00:27:15,050 did I come to a school and with a lot of 512 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:15,050 heritage Treadwell had a lot of heritage 513 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:20,040 when they did when a long time ago I 514 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:24,480 wasn't in this dough but a long time ago 515 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:27,300 we credible couple have to always play I 516 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,680 always had to play Melrose or somebody 517 00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:31,440 that was a big game they'd be at the 518 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,850 Coliseum I mean that was a that was just 519 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,000 a citywide thing for the city 520 00:27:32,850 --> 00:27:39,300 championship now we was coming they 521 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:42,090 broke it up to where we played actually 522 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:43,470 we played at middle tennessee state when 523 00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:45,990 they just had built that that's what 524 00:27:43,470 --> 00:27:48,180 really led me after i saw their campus 525 00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:49,650 and saw how middle tennessee mass 526 00:27:48,180 --> 00:27:52,560 communication i was going to be a mass 527 00:27:49,650 --> 00:27:54,990 comm i had a little bit going there but 528 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:58,050 I just said nom just gonna play football 529 00:27:54,990 --> 00:28:01,140 and getting paper and get on out but 530 00:27:58,050 --> 00:28:03,960 treble has been a good heritage school 531 00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:06,540 it really is the people in that 532 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:09,570 neighborhood they're all they want there 533 00:28:06,540 --> 00:28:12,810 always have been Ernest as far as 534 00:28:09,570 --> 00:28:19,830 working hard getting what they have by 535 00:28:12,810 --> 00:28:24,960 the right means a lot of people raise 536 00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:26,990 their families around that school just 537 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,280 go down the hallways and look at the 538 00:28:26,990 --> 00:28:31,490 pictures of all the years of everybody's 539 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,630 graduated course is diminished because 540 00:28:31,490 --> 00:28:35,190 they don't have quite the attendance 541 00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:38,310 they used to have I think when I 542 00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:42,030 graduated 77 over the graduating class 543 00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:51,130 was 187 of us and I was like a hundred 544 00:28:42,030 --> 00:28:52,750 and thirty I believe but uh and how 545 00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:55,930 church and highland heights Methodist 546 00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:59,470 Church has has really it's been a man a 547 00:28:55,930 --> 00:29:02,620 mainstay for the neighborhoods to it as 548 00:28:59,470 --> 00:29:05,470 always duh of course I don't ice is the 549 00:29:02,620 --> 00:29:07,120 one that had the gym though when the 550 00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:09,700 fourtner furniture was open that was a 551 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:12,280 big time then to they contributed 552 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:14,020 something like five hundred thousand 553 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:16,480 dollars to build that activities 554 00:29:14,020 --> 00:29:19,960 building there it's a place that you go 555 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:22,840 to keep to keep the kids off the streets 556 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:25,390 and now it's you know it's still being 557 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:27,550 used good the school has bought the 558 00:29:25,390 --> 00:29:30,010 church now and we kind of rent it from 559 00:29:27,550 --> 00:29:31,450 them kind of and they have control of 560 00:29:30,010 --> 00:29:33,460 the gym but we still go there but 561 00:29:31,450 --> 00:29:34,690 there's a gym in their way one time we 562 00:29:33,460 --> 00:29:38,010 is going to put a swimming pool both of 563 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:38,010 them they never to put us from the 564 00:29:49,140 --> 00:29:55,480 somewhat but not not really though not 565 00:29:52,510 --> 00:29:59,070 really what's happening now is like a 566 00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:01,870 mite upset earlier when I on tape though 567 00:29:59,070 --> 00:30:04,810 people are hungry for things quick and 568 00:30:01,870 --> 00:30:07,450 hard and fat they don't wanna I don't 569 00:30:04,810 --> 00:30:11,050 want to wait around they don't only just 570 00:30:07,450 --> 00:30:12,910 want to get it right now and but this 571 00:30:11,050 --> 00:30:15,550 basically still good people over there I 572 00:30:12,910 --> 00:30:18,610 mean I wouldn't be scared to go over 573 00:30:15,550 --> 00:30:22,140 there and if I needed help I'd knock on 574 00:30:18,610 --> 00:30:24,610 the door and ask for some help but I 575 00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:27,370 think the church is around there do a 576 00:30:24,610 --> 00:30:29,230 good job then you have you have 577 00:30:27,370 --> 00:30:31,240 councilman debary he took over the 578 00:30:29,230 --> 00:30:33,400 church on the corner of Coleman and 579 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:36,340 national it used to be Church of Christ 580 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:39,670 but it's a I don't know what 581 00:30:36,340 --> 00:30:42,990 denomination is now but mr deburr does a 582 00:30:39,670 --> 00:30:42,990 good job of that neighborhood too 583 00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:56,400 let's say I'm kind of I can't give you a 584 00:30:54,809 --> 00:30:57,720 good answer on that too much because I 585 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,840 don't I've been out of the neighborhood 586 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:05,220 now for 17 years i live off wit road now 587 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:07,020 i bought a house but i still on my 588 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:10,140 mother's house on Guernsey though i'll 589 00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:11,760 still pay taxes on it but i'm probably 590 00:31:10,140 --> 00:31:14,490 gonna sell it as soon as i can get a 591 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:21,690 decent little offer but uh the 592 00:31:14,490 --> 00:31:23,549 reputation is it's like i said i hate to 593 00:31:21,690 --> 00:31:25,710 point fingers at people especially 594 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:28,500 whether it be the Mexicans will be the 595 00:31:25,710 --> 00:31:30,809 blacks or the whites it is a very very 596 00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:32,970 integrated neighborhood though it really 597 00:31:30,809 --> 00:31:36,960 is it's got more diverse and diverse 598 00:31:32,970 --> 00:31:40,080 than it ever has and they just like I 599 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:50,760 said I'm young I'm young Jitterbugs they 600 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:52,770 just want it all now well it's just 601 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:55,559 changing also everybody has changed in a 602 00:31:52,770 --> 00:31:57,419 way because of the economic impact of 603 00:31:55,559 --> 00:32:00,690 everything that's going on around it but 604 00:31:57,419 --> 00:32:02,760 I'm just surprised that it hadn't got if 605 00:32:00,690 --> 00:32:07,169 they're such worser than what it was I 606 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:09,090 mean it still it's scary sometimes it 607 00:32:07,169 --> 00:32:10,980 really is but like I was I was fixing to 608 00:32:09,090 --> 00:32:12,780 put my house up for rent on witten road 609 00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:17,400 and come live in Mama's house right 610 00:32:12,780 --> 00:32:19,230 there at baltic and guernsey you know of 611 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,850 course I got talked out of it on a wild 612 00:32:19,230 --> 00:32:23,220 let him talk me out of it good I got 613 00:32:20,850 --> 00:32:25,230 talked out of it and I didn't do it but 614 00:32:23,220 --> 00:32:27,000 as far as being feared there's a lot of 615 00:32:25,230 --> 00:32:29,400 course I set out there and do yard work 616 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:32,520 and cut my stuff that grows up over 617 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:36,260 there as I have to but uh ain't nothin 618 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:39,900 to hear gunshots but you know it's just 619 00:32:36,260 --> 00:32:41,850 just have to you live and learn and you 620 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:43,590 have to always keep god and everything 621 00:32:41,850 --> 00:32:46,710 but that's a lot of people don't want to 622 00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:48,770 do that and you know i'm not i'm not 623 00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:51,210 talking down to people because i do 624 00:32:48,770 --> 00:32:53,669 honor god because it for a long while I 625 00:32:51,210 --> 00:32:55,710 did and I did what I wanted to do but it 626 00:32:53,669 --> 00:32:59,010 comes a time when you learn ok it comes 627 00:32:55,710 --> 00:33:00,669 with age but anyway it's basically a 628 00:32:59,010 --> 00:33:02,739 good neighborhood though 629 00:33:00,669 --> 00:33:04,960 people there's a lot of break-ins a lot 630 00:33:02,739 --> 00:33:06,309 of still loves don't get stolen we have 631 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,379 to like to church down a little more 632 00:33:06,309 --> 00:33:11,470 what we're used to but other than that 633 00:33:08,379 --> 00:33:13,539 it's still the same neighborhood is 634 00:33:11,470 --> 00:33:17,350 there any chance you want to see done 635 00:33:13,539 --> 00:33:19,450 and then they would well i like i like 636 00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:20,649 the change that's happening off a broad 637 00:33:19,450 --> 00:33:23,619 street over there where they have 638 00:33:20,649 --> 00:33:27,789 probably pizza and all that little 639 00:33:23,619 --> 00:33:29,980 reviles week violation of the area there 640 00:33:27,789 --> 00:33:31,840 because i used to nice to kick it over 641 00:33:29,980 --> 00:33:34,539 there too well nothing to jump in the 642 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:41,489 ditch and be over there in the middle of 643 00:33:34,539 --> 00:33:47,289 being hampton from from jackson and poke 644 00:33:41,489 --> 00:33:48,369 r jackson and yeah so it's all I like 645 00:33:47,289 --> 00:33:50,379 what they're doing over there they just 646 00:33:48,369 --> 00:33:51,850 need to keep doing it and some of the 647 00:33:50,379 --> 00:33:52,840 stuff I hate to say there's some of the 648 00:33:51,850 --> 00:33:54,519 people that don't want to fix those 649 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:57,129 houses up they don't want to do nothing 650 00:33:54,519 --> 00:33:59,409 to them the city just needs to turn them 651 00:33:57,129 --> 00:34:00,970 down and if they don't want to tear them 652 00:33:59,409 --> 00:34:03,190 down then they need to they need to 653 00:34:00,970 --> 00:34:04,720 bring it up to level and that's you have 654 00:34:03,190 --> 00:34:10,059 but that's all over the host city of 655 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:11,710 Memphis though really but I i do like 656 00:34:10,059 --> 00:34:14,290 what they're doing on offer Broad Street 657 00:34:11,710 --> 00:34:17,500 throwing up there against uh summer and 658 00:34:14,290 --> 00:34:18,819 down Tillman and post what helped out a 659 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:20,470 whole lot was they put that police 660 00:34:18,819 --> 00:34:22,809 precinct right there where they put it 661 00:34:20,470 --> 00:34:25,960 at so I'm not trying to say they need 662 00:34:22,809 --> 00:34:29,889 the law dogs in there but it makes a lot 663 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:31,780 of people think sometimes what are some 664 00:34:29,889 --> 00:34:34,750 places that I still make it a better 665 00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:36,970 place where are some placing in the high 666 00:34:34,750 --> 00:34:38,619 still making a reference there's a lot 667 00:34:36,970 --> 00:34:40,119 of places there that make a good place 668 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:42,549 that you're not a Christian Center they 669 00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:46,389 opened up right there at the bottom off 670 00:34:42,549 --> 00:34:47,649 of Sam Cooper that's a good place it 671 00:34:46,389 --> 00:34:48,879 helps a lot of people that can't get 672 00:34:47,649 --> 00:34:52,510 their medicine that helps a lot of 673 00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:55,450 people see doctors a lot of churches in 674 00:34:52,510 --> 00:34:59,549 that area have really stood the test of 675 00:34:55,450 --> 00:34:59,549 time and help out 676 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:06,560 of course you got business that's been 677 00:35:04,790 --> 00:35:08,420 there a long time like I worked it talks 678 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,640 barbecue that was one of my first jobs i 679 00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:13,730 can say i ever had right there it's 680 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:17,680 summer i right across from what used to 681 00:35:13,730 --> 00:35:20,600 be hoping not but it's mine TZ now and 682 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:23,090 that's right in front of our church and 683 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:25,570 course you had to crystal hamburger 684 00:35:23,090 --> 00:35:28,040 place that now is a car place there and 685 00:35:25,570 --> 00:35:29,930 you had fourtner's on the corner that 686 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:33,170 was though that was kind of like on a 687 00:35:29,930 --> 00:35:35,210 good spot in the city anybody would come 688 00:35:33,170 --> 00:35:36,920 and then you meet him friday nights with 689 00:35:35,210 --> 00:35:39,740 your cars when you everybody's got a car 690 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:43,840 and you drive down to where there's it's 691 00:35:39,740 --> 00:35:46,640 right now it's a it's big lights in ah 692 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:48,050 macdonald down there with summer center 693 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,910 is that was there that's where all the 694 00:35:48,050 --> 00:35:51,890 people sitting there and tinkered with 695 00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:53,960 the hot rods and if you had a car you 696 00:35:51,890 --> 00:35:55,580 you felt privileged to drive up in there 697 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,710 and and then shown he's you had a drive 698 00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:59,150 through it shown Easter everybody hung 699 00:35:57,710 --> 00:36:00,860 out at Shoney's and then showings would 700 00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:05,030 say okay you have to clear a lot we 701 00:36:00,860 --> 00:36:12,350 drive on down to uh Zaire's and sit out 702 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:16,850 in tears all night yeah what is the best 703 00:36:12,350 --> 00:36:20,090 thing about well still the same thing is 704 00:36:16,850 --> 00:36:21,980 that it was then is the people there's 705 00:36:20,090 --> 00:36:24,290 good people in there hey just sometimes 706 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:27,980 how people are some people don't some 707 00:36:24,290 --> 00:36:29,450 people some people put blinders on I'll 708 00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:31,850 say it that way that's a nice way of 709 00:36:29,450 --> 00:36:33,320 saying it they put blinders on they look 710 00:36:31,850 --> 00:36:35,060 the other way it's kind of like that 711 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,640 song Michael Jackson saying the man in 712 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:39,800 the mirror and that's what's happening 713 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,780 everywhere everybody has no time for 714 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,480 nobody especially if you look like 715 00:36:41,780 --> 00:36:45,650 you're needy or you got your hand out 716 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,880 say I'm the other way I'll help some 717 00:36:45,650 --> 00:36:48,920 people but I ask some questions 718 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,210 sometimes you know I'm talk about the 719 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,550 pan howling people it's out on the 720 00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:54,410 streets you see them all the time if 721 00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:57,470 they look really really into gentle with 722 00:36:54,410 --> 00:36:59,780 every round I open up my wallet a little 723 00:36:57,470 --> 00:37:02,600 bit not a whole lot but I open up and I 724 00:36:59,780 --> 00:37:05,090 give when I see worthwhile causes in the 725 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:07,700 neighborhood and I still live out toilet 726 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:10,090 actually my street witten it's the 727 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:13,910 borderline to bartlett card over and 728 00:37:10,090 --> 00:37:17,839 memphis thanks to mr. Willie 729 00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:20,930 Harrington he annexed all that back in 730 00:37:17,839 --> 00:37:23,270 the day but they're out there to the 731 00:37:20,930 --> 00:37:27,980 panhandlers are out there too you just 732 00:37:23,270 --> 00:37:30,289 have to have a what's the up like I told 733 00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:32,960 you what I grew up but very little I 734 00:37:30,289 --> 00:37:39,069 knew how to share I knew how to get what 735 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:41,359 I wanted honestly and and do it you know 736 00:37:39,069 --> 00:37:42,770 basically it's still the same way over 737 00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:45,140 there just some people like I said have 738 00:37:42,770 --> 00:37:49,460 blinders on they don't want help they 739 00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:51,680 don't want to do this or y'all know just 740 00:37:49,460 --> 00:37:54,410 as well as I do though some of the crime 741 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:57,369 in this city is is something waiting to 742 00:37:54,410 --> 00:38:00,230 happen sometime and you have to be smart 743 00:37:57,369 --> 00:38:01,549 God didn't god don't tell you to be not 744 00:38:00,230 --> 00:38:04,309 oestrogen stick your head in the sand 745 00:38:01,549 --> 00:38:06,380 don't see nothing I mean the Bible says 746 00:38:04,309 --> 00:38:08,210 it in several places you're supposed to 747 00:38:06,380 --> 00:38:10,490 help that's the beginning of it all is 748 00:38:08,210 --> 00:38:13,280 to love and to share some people want to 749 00:38:10,490 --> 00:38:18,319 take advantage of it that's the ones you 750 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:20,329 need to play for and but there's just 751 00:38:18,319 --> 00:38:22,670 too much meanness in the whole world day 752 00:38:20,329 --> 00:38:23,930 and y'all know it I mean y'all know 753 00:38:22,670 --> 00:38:26,450 y'all have been here very long y'all 754 00:38:23,930 --> 00:38:28,549 young but I've seen it I've seen it 755 00:38:26,450 --> 00:38:31,339 develop and i also have seen a lot of 756 00:38:28,549 --> 00:38:33,440 good where places people would say oh 757 00:38:31,339 --> 00:38:35,510 man that's the worst place don't ever go 758 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:37,069 over there they'll steal your cars and 759 00:38:35,510 --> 00:38:39,079 rims off your car while you sitting 760 00:38:37,069 --> 00:38:42,020 there talking to him you know but you 761 00:38:39,079 --> 00:38:45,380 know it's it's how you how you carry 762 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:48,020 yourself and how you feel about other 763 00:38:45,380 --> 00:38:49,760 people on mankind and i'm trying to pump 764 00:38:48,020 --> 00:38:53,329 myself up like I'm so good because I'm 765 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:55,970 not I've had my days but now I've got a 766 00:38:53,329 --> 00:38:58,910 little older I see things now but I 767 00:38:55,970 --> 00:39:01,609 always have I've always I've never had a 768 00:38:58,910 --> 00:39:04,329 barrier I never had a barrier i put it 769 00:39:01,609 --> 00:39:07,549 this way I've never met a stranger and 770 00:39:04,329 --> 00:39:10,309 that's something that you don't see that 771 00:39:07,549 --> 00:39:11,779 no more I say he'll go around picking up 772 00:39:10,309 --> 00:39:15,020 hitchhikers or nothing no I know better 773 00:39:11,779 --> 00:39:16,849 and do that but I'll try to help if you 774 00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:20,000 look like you need to change a flat or 775 00:39:16,849 --> 00:39:22,849 woman's out there no good well she can't 776 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,700 hardly do it i will stop do that kind of 777 00:39:22,849 --> 00:39:28,190 stuff 778 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:30,770 what does how I Heights mean to you how 779 00:39:28,190 --> 00:39:34,760 hot means a lot to me I don't hike just 780 00:39:30,770 --> 00:39:37,970 say uh like I said before that community 781 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:39,440 raised me along with the people the 782 00:39:37,970 --> 00:39:41,210 women when mama wasn't there to make 783 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,310 sure I was doing right or whatever the 784 00:39:41,210 --> 00:39:44,600 neighbors watched me and made sure not 785 00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:50,510 just me though they watched everybody 786 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:53,420 and it just to me I think it has a good 787 00:39:50,510 --> 00:39:56,690 heritage I really do it's a great place 788 00:39:53,420 --> 00:39:58,250 to raise a family you just have to just 789 00:39:56,690 --> 00:40:01,550 have to watch yourself around there 790 00:39:58,250 --> 00:40:06,110 there's plenty of cleaning stuff to do I 791 00:40:01,550 --> 00:40:08,150 mean if not I mean you can always go we 792 00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:11,120 stall we go to the zoo you know it was a 793 00:40:08,150 --> 00:40:12,530 good thing to go to back then and we 794 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:16,120 didn't have a car when it's going up we 795 00:40:12,530 --> 00:40:18,530 rode the bus a lot and we had a wagon I 796 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:20,270 would pull the wagon my mom would walk 797 00:40:18,530 --> 00:40:23,480 beside me and I put my sisters in the 798 00:40:20,270 --> 00:40:25,670 wagon that's how we carry our loath to 799 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:29,740 wash clothes that's how we did 800 00:40:25,670 --> 00:40:32,870 everything but I think the neighborhood 801 00:40:29,740 --> 00:40:34,370 it hasn't changed that much like I said 802 00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:37,550 they would clean up a whole lot of the 803 00:40:34,370 --> 00:40:40,640 stuff that's gone derelict around it it 804 00:40:37,550 --> 00:40:42,140 would really give it a facelift that's 805 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,910 what it there like like what's happening 806 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:46,070 around there because I believe people 807 00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:48,320 would take pride in it I bring people 808 00:40:46,070 --> 00:40:50,180 would and just like over there I grew up 809 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,870 out of homes now they've got like a 810 00:40:50,180 --> 00:40:55,370 community garden there at given and 811 00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:58,310 Guernsey and there's several several 812 00:40:55,370 --> 00:41:00,200 people that participate in that garden 813 00:40:58,310 --> 00:41:02,390 they've got corn growing and tomatoes 814 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:04,100 growing and beans growing and sunflowers 815 00:41:02,390 --> 00:41:05,900 and it's a nice place and everything 816 00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:07,160 every evening when I when I'm over there 817 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:09,530 looking at my mother's old house 818 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:11,960 sometimes they're all out there tending 819 00:41:09,530 --> 00:41:16,160 to it you know it's something it's a 820 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:21,800 good thing is there any advice that you 821 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:24,710 like to give city youth well I like say 822 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:27,470 it stay in school stay in school get all 823 00:41:24,710 --> 00:41:31,240 you can get be all you can be and be 824 00:41:27,470 --> 00:41:31,240 strong be strong 825 00:41:31,850 --> 00:41:40,520 I think a lot of youth right now there's 826 00:41:36,650 --> 00:41:42,770 a lot of and I was responsible for a 827 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:45,110 little bit not of anything bad but as 828 00:41:42,770 --> 00:41:47,450 far as raising the kids not give them 829 00:41:45,110 --> 00:41:50,480 the attention they need and sure enough 830 00:41:47,450 --> 00:41:53,540 you can't give kids everything they want 831 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:55,690 because the one factor is outweighs 832 00:41:53,540 --> 00:41:59,180 everything I know everybody knows that 833 00:41:55,690 --> 00:42:04,090 but you have to make sure they do have 834 00:41:59,180 --> 00:42:07,450 necessities and everyone's well you know 835 00:42:04,090 --> 00:42:09,680 treat them to something like take them 836 00:42:07,450 --> 00:42:13,640 we don't have the fairgrounds no more 837 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:20,090 and liberal ends gone so its go to a 838 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:22,720 park or I know that's and people need to 839 00:42:20,090 --> 00:42:25,340 not be scared to hire the youth either 840 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:27,620 not be scared to give them a job and a 841 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:30,350 chance so I was so fortunate during them 842 00:42:27,620 --> 00:42:31,760 times I through papers and then 843 00:42:30,350 --> 00:42:34,190 everybody knew me and I went from the 844 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:38,750 papers two tops and then i worked at 845 00:42:34,190 --> 00:42:41,240 krogers second groceries and then i went 846 00:42:38,750 --> 00:42:43,640 to the place called casual corner used 847 00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:45,680 to be there and it's a clothesline place 848 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:48,950 and I used to dress up the clothes in 849 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:52,520 the windows and stuff then I went off to 850 00:42:48,950 --> 00:42:53,780 college learn how to learn how to 851 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,660 actually I was going to be a mass 852 00:42:53,780 --> 00:42:58,280 communication and I flipped that and I 853 00:42:56,660 --> 00:43:00,590 saw whether they were making big money 854 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:02,210 welding so I devoted myself I went to a 855 00:43:00,590 --> 00:43:04,730 vote a Kuenn I came back and learned how 856 00:43:02,210 --> 00:43:07,970 to weld learn how to do the formulas and 857 00:43:04,730 --> 00:43:11,410 takeoffs and all that stuff and pipe up 858 00:43:07,970 --> 00:43:11,410 buildings so 859 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:17,380 but that's all they need to do just stay 860 00:43:13,930 --> 00:43:19,690 stay interested and don't give up I know 861 00:43:17,380 --> 00:43:21,940 it's hard when people you go to ask for 862 00:43:19,690 --> 00:43:24,280 work I don't know what can you do 863 00:43:21,940 --> 00:43:27,520 whatsoever but you just have to be 864 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:29,980 persistent you have to be persistent and 865 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,300 if you hadn't got a ride you have to 866 00:43:29,980 --> 00:43:33,400 just get over there the best way you can 867 00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:35,920 to places i know it's hard I know it's 868 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:40,660 harder now than it ever was but I had a 869 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:42,160 bicycle but i don't know i think the 870 00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:44,140 youth too big alright in this 871 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:46,720 neighborhood if they would just get a 872 00:43:44,140 --> 00:43:51,280 little helping hand and stay in school 873 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:56,920 and don't try to be something they're 874 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:58,660 not be real we would like to thank you 875 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,430 for participating in the crossroads 876 00:43:58,660 --> 00:44:03,520 their freedom and every project we 877 00:44:00,430 --> 00:44:06,640 really enjoyed your story well thank you 878 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:09,690 for them up listen to do it I enjoy 879 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,690 telling you all my story