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Today is Novem, I'm sorry, September 19th, 2022.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=0.12,9.66"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I am interviewing Vanessa Monroe, Reverend Vanessa Monroe.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=9.66,18.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This interview is taking place in Houston, Texas.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=18.03,24.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It is sponsored by the Houston Public Library, Gregory School as a part of the Bear Witness project.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=24.38,32.12"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so the very first question is, please tell me your full name and what you know about your last name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=32.12,41.3"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And and if you go by a name other than your maiden name,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=41.3,47.54"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"if you can say your full name and then tell me any history that you know about your maiden name also.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=47.54,56.84"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. So my full name is Vanessa DeAngela Marie Walker Monroe.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=56.84,67.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Right. So Walker is my maiden name. And my married name is Monroe.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=67.8,74.96"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I don't know a whole lot about my married name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=74.96,85.56"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My husband's mother is from Louisiana.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=85.56,91.11"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so we know that there are some people there who would bear the name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=91.11,98.37"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But because she lost her mom at a very young age, we lost connection to that part of her family.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=98.37,110.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And my maiden name, which is Walker.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=110.79,115.3"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Is the name of my father and my father's father.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=115.3,122.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And my father's father's father who was a Native American man was part of a family of people in Louisiana as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=122.01,142.85"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And and what I know about that name and that family name is that they are people whose land was taken.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=142.85,151.94"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And now there is a park of some sort on the land, and I've been able to visit that land.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=151.94,160.88"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So that is what I know about my name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=160.88,166.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So. How.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=166.22,170.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What do you know about your ancestral history and how did you learn it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=170.27,176.18"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How did you come to know what you know about your ancestral history?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=176.18,182.54"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I have an uncle who has since passed away who did an extreme amount of study on our family history.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=182.54,190.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And he has entrusted all of those clippings and stories and information that he","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=190.43,203.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"uncovered with one of my cousins who shares it with us.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=203.15,208.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I also took part in African ancestry.com to find out about my mother's ancestral lineage,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=208.61,220.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to find you know some connection or understanding of the first woman. Right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=220.55,227.57"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The first mother who birthed the woman, who birthed the woman who got us all the way to me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=227.57,235.51"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And she was from the Sierra Leone area.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=235.51,239.33"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I know that my grandmother, I know of the first woman on my grandmother's side of the family who was born in America.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=239.33,254.07"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I know that her name was Annie and that she was a midwife.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=254.07,262.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we understand that her learning around midwifery came from her African mother.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=262.35,272.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She was a woman who was called for difficult births and was you know necessary to a community","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=272.43,283.62"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"where if the physicians did not visit and where people could not get into town to the physician when they needed to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=283.62,292.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so she was the midwife of the community. 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She was my grandmother's aunt.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=322.06,327.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And my grandmother's mother passed away in during childbirth.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=327.81,334.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And my grandmother was then you know raised by different people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=334.53,340.65"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So her prayer.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=340.65,343.08"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Her name was Elizabeth Wade. 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So she was born in south Louisiana. And Hmm. Uh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=424.51,439.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We know that her mother passed away during childbirth and that she had two other sisters who","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=439.03,452.5"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who she grew up with. That at some point she was","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=452.5,461.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"taken to live with some other people who were not very kind to her, as I recall.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=461.02,468.82"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And. I don't. I don't know that. 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There was no talking. There was no television watching.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=535.85,541.49"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We were still because she felt that God was doing something. 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What you know—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=572.8,580.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Can you share some of the impact that she has had on your life or she had on your life?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=580.73,590.31"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Absolutely. One of my fondest memories, and probably one of my earliest memories with my grandmother is","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=590.31,599.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"sitting under her kitchen table with a cup of coffee when she would gather her girlfriends for conversation,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=599.16,608.67"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"you know for coffee in the morning or afternoon, they would all sit around the table and she would place me under the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=608.67,615.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"table with my own cup and saucer, and they would engage in what women do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=615.9,624.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and they laugh and talk and you know share about their lives. And I you know was within earshot of all of this understanding.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=624.39,635.37"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think this idea of being in community with other women and connected to other women.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=635.37,641.34"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and they are and drinking coffee. And so I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=641.34,649.06"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"could- I. Once she passed away, I didn't. Couldn't find the coffee she drank.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=649.06,657.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And one summer in New Orleans and Cafe du Monde, I smelled the coffee and it took me right back to her","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=657.35,666.74"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"kitchen. And what I and what I realized was that there was chicory in her coffee.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=666.74,672.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And chicory has a very distinct aroma.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=672.2,675.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Right. 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Her name was Elizabeth.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=718.58,724.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She had two girlfriends who were also named Elizabeth and a friend named Cut and Hat was not our cousin,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=724.15,732.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"but in that communal familial way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=732.01,736.75"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, I would have never known. 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And we learned to have smelling salt ready because she was highly emotional.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1243.17,1252.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so she, you know, my other grandmother was very conservative.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1252.01,1258.85"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So I went I I had the experience of both.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1258.85,1262.24"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And and I'm very comfortable with people expressing their faith in many different ways.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1262.24,1268.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And all of that comes from her freeness, her freedom and her openness.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1268.69,1277.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Wow.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1277.03,1278.47"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Did your grandmother ever receive any awards or accommodations or or any kind of public recognition of any sort?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1278.47,1288.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/167","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And if she did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1288.73,1290.76"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/168","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No. No, nope, I can't imagine that she actually ever received any public anything outside of her community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1290.76,1307.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/169","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She was a part of a community that took care of one another.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1307.03,1311.47"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/170","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So there is if there is someone in the community who needs","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1311.47,1318.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/171","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who needs something, someone else in the community will provide it. 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To share.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1341.58,1346.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/175","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so she provided the pork and she provided lots of the vegetables and someone else provided the syrup.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1346.71,1355.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/176","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Her friend, one of her other friends who was also Elizabeth, her family had a syrup mill.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1355.69,1364.17"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/177","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so each person brought to this, you know, in my mind it feels like a community farmer's market. 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And.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1383.05,1387.97"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/180","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, and she raised 12 children.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1387.97,1392.17"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/181","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But. 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Are there- When you reflect on her life","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1408.91,1415.91"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/184","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"is there any major changes in her life that, you know for sure affected her in a big way?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1415.91,1425.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/185","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And or you can just think about it in terms of reflecting back that it probably affected her life in a big way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1425.36,1440.54"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I would imagine that being widowed with twelve children","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1440.54,1449.26"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"affected her life. Can't imagine. 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No one.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1843.56,1852.87"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/237","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so what it helps me to know is that so often","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1852.87,1857.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/238","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"we take for granted the gifts and the wondrous things that our elders bring.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1857.7,1864.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/239","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it's not until they're gone that we realize the incredible assets we had right in our midst.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1864.95,1871.88"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/240","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The incredible resources we had right in our midst that we were snuggled up with and hugging and loving and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1871.88,1880.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/241","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"benefiting from, but not valuing in the way that we should have. Right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1880.22,1887.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/242","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so. 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Grateful, so grateful to have been a part of her.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1932.03,1938.72"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/248","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670#t=1938.72,1940.13"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/113005/file/215670/transcript/61252/annotation/249","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Thank you so much for the interview. 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