I interviewed my grandfather, Neville Ray Barnes, in a cabin near the Ouachita River. The family was there for a few days over winter break visiting and catching up on things.
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It’s Hard for People to Change
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The room that the interview took place in was the living room of my grandmother’s house. Her name is Jean Sigler; she was dressed in one of her jump suits. She had her glasses on and some of her jewelry.
A One-Inch Thick Stick
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I interviewed Joe Smith, who is my step grandfather on my father’s side. The interview took place on the phone. He was never a wealthy man. He grew up on a farm, in a part of the country, which at the time, was filled with poor colored folk.
He Wanted to get out of the Town and Never Come Back
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Patrick J. Keogh, my dad, sat in the comfort of home as he retold his high school experience in a rural southern town. Patrick Keogh grew up in Marianna, Arkansas, near West Helena.
Mixed Feelings About Everything
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In the 1950’s and 1960’s, race was an issue most didn’t like to talk about. Whites stayed with whites, and blacks stayed with blacks. That was until 1957 when nine black students entered the doors of Little Rock Central High, an all white school.
I Was Ashamed of How Faubus Acted and Myself for Being So Complacent
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Integration wasn’t really a problem where she lived so she was able to look at the whole picture instead of just one side.
It’s Hard for People to Change
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The room that the interview took place in was the living room of my grandmother’s house. Her name is Jean Sigler; she was dressed in one of her jump suits.
Interview with Don Coulter
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I guess I was about 24 or so…mid 20′s. But during the actual events going on at Central High I was in the Navy and we were at sea in the pacific ocean. I was stationed on an aircraft carrier and we really had no means on communication with the country.
You Accept People As People, For Who They Are
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I sat on the floor of your basic living room, facing an older, white-hair woman. She was born, raised, and still lives in Arkansas. During the desegregation of Little Rock Central High, she was twenty years old and had just recently moved to Little Rock to work down town. Here, this woman and I sat and discussed the issue of various civil rights events that she may have experienced through out her past. One of the stories she best remembered about the civil rights era happened in 1957 during the first year that Arkansas Public Schools began to desegregate. She remembered it all starting with sit-ins at the Woolworth’s 5-10 Cent Store lunch counters. African Americans were not allowed to eat at the Woolworth’s lunch counters. In protest, they all gathered there and refused to leave. They used these sit-ins to test the rules. They wanted to find out just how far they could go. After this event took place, desegregation began to spread all across the U.S.
What About the Air Force?
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As I walked into the glass sun room where the interview would be held I looked out to see geese swimming on the pond. Mr. Herndon soon walked in and sat down with his coffee in hand. I quickly slid into a chair next to him.