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"No'm I never seen no Ku BLux* I heard *bout f em but I never seen
none that I knows of* When I used to get a pass to go to f nother planta-
tion I always come back fo» dark*
'♦This younger generation is beyond my onderstanding. They is
gettin 1 weaker and wiser*
n I been ready to die for the last thirty years* f Mary (her grand-
daughter with whom she lives), show the lady my shroud. 1 I keeps it
wropped up in blue cloth* They tells me at the store to do that to keep
it from turning yellow* f Show her that las 1 quilt I made. 1 Yes f m I made
this all by myself* I threads my own needle, too, and cuts out the
pieces. I has worked hard all my life*
"Now the Welfare gives me my check* My granddaughter good tone*
I goes to church on the first and third Sundays*
'♦Lady, I glad you come to see me and God bless you. Goo 1 bye!* 1
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