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[Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"...for six months because he wouldn't leave them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=4.81,7.25"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"He should have taken another 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people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=13.77,14.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oh, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=14.97,15.37"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"34 people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=15.49,16.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Interview with Mr. Whit Johnson, February 12, 1975.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=16.87,20.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Johnson, when did you first...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=22.59,23.91"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"how long have you been living in West University Place?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=23.91,25.97"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I've been living here 28 years on the 15th day of 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then.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=35.75,37.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I came here on July the 15th, 1947 from the Childress, Texas, where I was","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454#t=37.93,43.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112848/file/215454/transcript/70668/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"city manager at that 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