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Today is July 19th, 2022.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=0.87,13.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I am interviewing Carlecia Wight?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=13.22,18.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ms. Carlecia Wright. This interview is taking place in Houston, Texas.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=18.2,24.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This interview is sponsored by the Houston Public Library, Gregory School. It is a part of the Bear","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=24.32,31.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Witness project. And the first question is tell me your full name and what you know about","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=31.73,41.64"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"your last name, its origins and it's history.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=41.64,47.07"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And you can share what you know about your maiden name and what you know about your married name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=47.07,56.24"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, thank you. So my my full name is Carlecia DeAndra  Wright?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=56.24,62.48"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That is my married name. And I don't actually know that much about the origins of the name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=62.48,71.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I do know that I married into the Wright family.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=71.27,77.0"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And the Wright family has roots that trace back to New York City.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=77.0,83.99"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My husband's family traces back more than five generations.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=83.99,89.42"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so there is no trace as far as my husband.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=89.42,94.85"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"He's big into history, has been able to tie to the south. And so it appears that they have been","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=94.85,105.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"they've been in New York for at least over 160 years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=105.05,112.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My maiden name is Carlecia DeAndrea Wright. Which is my birth name that was given to me as a part of my birth","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=112.73,121.04"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"certificate. My mother had me when she was 18.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=121.04,125.94"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so it is the name that is from her birth certificate. She was not wed at the time of having me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=125.94,133.59"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so I was born in 1977.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=133.59,136.47"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so I have her father's name and her father is not one that similar to the relationship that I have with my father.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=136.47,147.42"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She did not have a strong upbringing with him, so I don't know that much about the name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=147.42,160.26"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, it's ironic because I'm coming off of July 18th yesterday, 2022, I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=160.26,169.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"returned from Atlanta, Georgia, where our family held our family reunion, which we had not held one","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=169.71,180.33"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in many years, and we had not had a family convening since the death of my great grandmother in 2004.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=180.33,190.26"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So it had been eighteen years and that is the Pearson McPhearson. And so we are able to trace our family","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=190.26,198.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"roots back to Alabama plantations in the state of Alabama outside of Birmingham.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=198.27,207.78"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So but but to answer your question, my name is Carlecia DeAndrea, Wright.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=207.78,214.59"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And, and that's what I know about my name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=214.59,220.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And you already started to unpack a little bit of what you know about your ancestral history. But in talking","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=220.95,230.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about your ancestral history, can you describe what you know and how did you learn it? How did you learn what","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=230.22,237.84"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"you know about what you know about your ancestral history?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=237.84,241.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So I learned many.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=241.53,243.21"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So my grandmother my grandmother is eighty-seven and her grandmother, her mother","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=243.21,252.57"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"died in 2004.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=252.57,254.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So that was my great grandmother. And so I've been fortunate to be in the room with five generations of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=254.73,261.57"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"family on on my mother's side and so many of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=261.57,269.07"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Much of the history of our family has been told to me orally. I've never taken a gene genealogy test or like","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=269.07,278.25"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a 23. And me, you know, I've somewhat had some reservation about taking those type of tests. So most","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=278.25,286.5"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of the history of our family has come from oral history that has been passed down. 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Has come from them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=315.78,328.52"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. Thank you. In reflecting on that history and the topic of this project,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=328.52,338.21"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who would be the the woman ancestor of African descent in your family lineage that you would","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=338.21,348.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"like to bear witness to her and to her impact on your family?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=348.02,358.41"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I would say that my bear witness would be my grandmother.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=358.41,365.99"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I would.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=365.99,370.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My grandmother, her name is Margaret.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=370.7,376.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She was born as Margaret Pearson in September 5th, 1934.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=376.16,381.89"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Today, she is eighty-seven years old.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=381.89,386.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think that she has been extremely influential in my life.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=386.39,394.85"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She you know, it's interesting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=394.85,401.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's ironic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=401.03,402.29"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I mean, I share it with you that I'm coming off of a family reunion. It's ironic that that I just came off","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=402.29,410.45"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a family reunion and I'm having this bear witness conversation. But as I look at her and I think of the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=410.45,418.82"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"influence of religion, of value, of self worth, of.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=418.82,430.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, I really would say that I would bear witness to her.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=430.8,438.77"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I'm trying to see if I could share a picture. Is this archive only a video archive or what kind of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=438.77,447.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"archive is this?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=447.02,449.48"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You can and there have been a few interviewees that have mail that have emailed photos that can go along","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=449.48,457.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"with the video. So if you do want to send forward a picture to be included with your video inside the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=457.7,465.23"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"archive, that would be great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=465.23,470.45"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, thank you. I appreciate that. Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=470.45,474.62"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so you shared a little bit about when and where she was born.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=474.62,480.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What do you know about her life growing up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=480.8,485.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, I know that she grew up in Sylacauga and I don't know how to spell it","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=485.16,495.84"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alabama. I can tell you that it's off of it's a it's a small town off of I-20, and you can get to it if you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=495.84,505.68"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"are coming from Birmingham or you can get to it if you're coming from Atlanta.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=505.68,512.76"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So when we go to Sylacauga, Alabama, we go through there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=512.76,518.04"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so that is where she was born. That is where she married her first husband.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=518.04,524.97"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That is where she had most of her children, including my mother.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=524.97,532.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I know that she is—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=532.05,536.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Her Her mother and her father had twelve children and she was in the middle.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=536.98,546.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So she wasn't the oldest and she wasn't the youngest. 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She left Sylacauga for more opportunities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=576.85,584.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She did not have a high school graduation or a high school diploma.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=584.55,590.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She left Sylacauga in 19—, I want to say 1966.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=590.55,600.87"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So 1966 and moved to Chicago, Illinois.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=600.87,606.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"With her kids, with her children. 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And she went back later to get my mother when she established herself in Chicago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=611.89,619.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She became a public school bus driver in Illinois, in Chicago, Illinois.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=619.15,627.4"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, so public school and eventually became a city school. 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And so I know","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=635.95,640.49"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that many of her brothers and sisters migrated outside of the south, outside of Sylacauga,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=640.49,650.42"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"looking for better opportunities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=650.42,653.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There were times when, even dating back to the eighties, when I was a child, where we our","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=653.39,663.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"family lived in housing projects and in the late in the early nineties acquired some land and property from my","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=663.32,671.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"late great grandmother Cami, who passed away. But I do know that she was","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=671.15,681.14"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"just a hardworking and she really attributes that to her early upbringings. 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And and she's eight-seven years old now, and she still participates her her","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=797.18,806.78"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"faith has governed the work that she does, but she still goes to the local prison and participates in the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=806.78,814.46"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"prison ministry.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=814.46,816.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She's eighty-seven.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=816.05,817.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She should be getting Meals on Wheels. I can tell you, last year she was still delivering Meals on Wheels. And","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=817.22,823.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"so I guess it's a combination of it's a combination of faith and service.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=823.69,831.73"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Does that make sense as a talent?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=831.73,834.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, no, it definitely does. And when you think about her impact on first her family, then community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=834.69,843.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For you personally, what has been her impact on you?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=843.69,848.78"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, it's interesting. So she has she created this full on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=848.78,858.41"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She has created this follow on through her faith. It has governed the work and the service that she has done","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=858.41,865.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in the community as a bus driver. And and now she's eight-seven.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=865.01,870.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I'm going to answer that. I just wanted to to wrap up. She's eighty-seven, and right now she is working part-time at the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=870.98,880.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Boys and Girls Club and the afterschool program and working as the lunch lady. 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And and and I think I make a difference by being there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=892.07,898.04"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/125","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so her service really means a lot to her and to be a part of a community of generations that I mean, we're","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=898.04,907.28"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/126","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"talking, you know, at this point, some of my friends are having grandchildren. 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So that's the local it's the local news and in in Chicago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=957.44,964.67"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I remember going out on the weekends and covering stories of horrific crimes and tragedies that had","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=964.67,972.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"befallen on people's families. 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I was about to graduate from college. I decided to that I wanted to focus on service and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1004.31,1012.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"pretty much my entire career has been service oriented. And so you look twenty-four years later, I have","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1012.71,1022.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"spent my career in very service oriented roles.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1022.43,1026.72"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And while I, you know, not as focused and not as close to the church as my grandmother from faith, you know, I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1026.72,1034.04"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"consider some of the things that I've been able to do with formerly incarcerated being similar to the work","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1034.04,1040.67"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/143","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that my grandmother does in her prison ministry that she has done through the church.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1040.67,1049.26"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/144","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Thank you so much. That's that's great. And so has your grandmother ever received any awards or public","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1049.26,1058.35"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/145","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"recognition for her work?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1058.35,1060.18"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/146","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1060.18,1061.14"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/147","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So what has she gotten so recently?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1061.14,1064.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/148","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I don't know the exact name of it. I have to ask her Kristi. But recently she did get recognized by the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1064.32,1073.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/149","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"by the city of Elgin, which is the community where she drove the bus for over thirty years and she's done a lot of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1073.32,1083.25"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/150","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"her service, the Meals on Wheels and all of the things that I talked about that she's done. 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You know, I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1311.0,1320.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/183","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1320.05,1327.66"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/184","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There are things I was sharing a story earlier today with folks when we were talking about accepting people","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1327.66,1335.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/185","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"for who they are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1335.79,1337.59"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I will tell you that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1337.59,1341.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I've seen her grow.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1341.19,1343.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/188","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I mean, I'm 45 and I've seen my grandmother grow as a person in her acceptance of people and in her","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1343.38,1353.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/189","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"understanding of God's love.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1353.19,1356.28"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/190","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so I've seen her grow in her ability to accept people for who they are more. 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You know, I'm","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1373.47,1380.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/193","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"definitely a person of faith, but I'm not centered in the same way she is. This is just the way that I view her.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1380.19,1390.5"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/194","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Thank you. 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And I think about education and I think about all of those things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1423.64,1433.76"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/199","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1433.76,1436.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/200","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"what is amazing is","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1436.27,1441.88"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/201","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the leadership that a woman","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1441.88,1446.06"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/202","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Who like my grandmother, who doesn't have, you know, a college or high school","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1446.06,1455.45"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/203","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"diploma. But the leadership and the impact and the influence that someone can","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1455.45,1465.29"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/204","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"have on not just their family, but others families.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1465.29,1472.65"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/205","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That the encouragement and the inspiration that someone like my grandmother can","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1472.65,1482.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/206","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"have. Is encouraging.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654#t=1482.19,1485.51"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2510/collection_resources/112990/file/215654/transcript/61245/annotation/207","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's encouraging to know the impact that you can have and the difference that you can make. 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