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And we are here recording your oral history\ntoday.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=21.56,25.94"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Valerie Wade: And we're just gonna start off asking you some basic\nquestions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=25.94,29.54"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: Right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=29.54,30.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Valerie Wade: Um, just state your name and your birth date.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=30.05,33.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Valerie Wade: And where were you born and what were your parents\nlike?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=33.35,36.68"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: Okay. My name is Almatha Clark Taylor.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=36.77,40.31"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: I was born in Napoleonville,\nLouisiana, Assumption Parish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=40.34,45.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: My parents were Louis and Rose Clark.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=45.89,49.13"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: Came from a large family, and my family were very\nclosely knitted and still is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=50.45,57.92"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: My father was deceased in 1991 and my mother in 1994,\nbut they both lived to be very old and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=57.95,67.91"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: they were very contributed to the area.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=67.91,71.75"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: They did a lot to help. So I think it passed down.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=71.78,75.26"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Valerie Wade: Ah yes, yes. When's your birthday?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=75.62,77.63"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: My birthday is October eleventh and I was born in 1935.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=77.66,82.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Almatha Taylor: And if I live to see October,\nI would be eighty years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725#t=82.94,86.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/114001/file/216725/transcript/82008/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Valerie Wade: Wow. 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