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| InterviewID | MBY007100 |
| Title | Linda Jeffers, Daniel Littlewood, 10/23/2010 1:00:00 PM |
| Description | Linda Rowell Jeffers (61) is interviewed by Daniel Littlewood (32) about her role as a community organizer/advocate/adviser. Linda also talks about how she has been influenced in her work by her father, who she taught how to read. |
| Creator | Jeffers, Linda; Littlewood, Daniel |
| Publisher | University of New Orleans, Earl K. Long Library |
| Contributors | StoryCorps (Project); Pierce, Liam |
| Source | University of New Orleans, Earl K. Long Library (http://library.uno.edu) |
| Language | eng |
| Coverage-Spatial | United States; Louisiana; Pointe a la Hache (La.); Plaquemines Parish (La.) |
| Rights | Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. |
| InterviewDateTime | 10/23/2010 13:00:00 |
| InterviewLocation | Pointe a la Hache, LA |
| Venue | MobileBooth West |
| StorytellerA-FullName | Jeffers, Linda |
| InterviewerA-FullName | Littlewood, Daniel |
| Facilitator | Pierce, Liam |
| Facilitator Log | 05:30 L. Moved to Louisiana in '69 for her husband at the time. L. talks about the culture clash between her former home in Florida and Louisiana: 'You asked me a question and answered me at the same!' 11:00 Linda tells a story about going to a community meeting, where someone pulled a gun. 15:00 L. describes the day after the BP oil spill. 23:30 L. defines the difference between compassion and sympathy (with an emphasis on compassion) 26:30 L. talks about how her father challenged her: if she didn't go to college, her sisters wouldn't be able to go. 28:30 L. taught her father how to write and read. Prior to that, she would read the Bible to him every morning for 9 years, 1 hour a day. He said, 'Your daddy can't write his name.' 31:00 'My father was very grateful' 32:00 D. asks L. if her father would be proud of her. L. says yes. 'He had a caring heart.' & 'He could count, but he couldn't read.' 38:20 'I have a bold spirit' L. 39:00 L. on why her father couldn't read. 42:00 L. on her dad's background and why he needed his kids to teach him to read. 43:00 'Fair exchange ain't no robbery' |
| Keywords | family characters; family heroes; family traditions; family expressions; ethnicity; workday life; labor movements and unions; fishing; personal experiences; histories; historical events/people; memories of former times; memories of growing up; religious beliefs and practices; political beliefs and practices; identity; neighborhood life; schools; teachers; college; changes in education; punishments; parents; children |
| Contact Information | For more information, contact: libspec@uno.edu. |
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| Title | mby007100 |
| Rights | Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. |
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