DARE Interview : Washington, District of Columbia; Primary Informant DC003

Fieldworker

Cassidy, Frederic G.

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• DC003: Black; female; age: 74 (old); education: college; community type: urban
• DC003A: male; community type: urban
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: DC003 (4:42) [Muffled, tinny, distorted]
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0221-S1). [Additional speakers: DC003A (husband of DC003)]
• Content:
• 00:30 Fieldworker and Informant thank each other for their efforts
• 05:25 Auxiliary Informant's work with automobiles in their early days
• 13:15 Educational changes in recent years in Washington, D.C. due to segregation and tracking
• 26:00 The Washington job scene and the difficulty in accommodating new arrivals
• 32:23 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0221-S2).
• Content:
• 00:10 The trouble with schools in Washington, D.C.—underfunding, ineffective school boards, negligent Congress, the absence of home rule, the problems associated with segregation
• 23:40 Arthur the Rat
• 29:37 Tape end