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Welcome, Victor, and thank you for speaking with\nme today.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572#t=24.5,28.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572/transcript/84554/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Viktor Givens: Bless it bless it. Thank you for having me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572#t=28.22,29.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572/transcript/84554/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aleah Parsons: All right. So can you just start off by stating your\nfull name along with your birth date and place of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572#t=30.5,35.0"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572/transcript/84554/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aleah Parsons: birth?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572#t=35.0,35.54"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572/transcript/84554/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Viktor Givens: Okay. Uh, Viktor Laurent Ewing Gibbons. Uh, Austin,\nTexas, September the 1st, 1987.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572#t=35.57,43.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572/transcript/84554/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Aleah Parsons: Great. September, baby. Like me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572#t=43.91,45.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2529/collection_resources/160704/file/292572/transcript/84554/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Viktor Givens: Woo Virgo Woo. 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