(Ms. Daily): (laughter) Okay.

 (Mrs. Shannon): ...Ah from...well they moved a couple of

times because they lived near Eighteenth, Eighteenth Street and

Sixth Court on and...

 (Ms. Daily): What years? they...I don't know the years

because that was before I came to live with them but umm I'd say

from '29 to '54 when we moved out here in Ridgeway.

 (Ms. Daily): What sort of jobs did they have?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Umm, my father worked on the railroad. He

was a the headwaiter on the Seaboard and my mom didn't work until

I got out of high school.

 (Ms. Daily): What work did she do?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Ah, sometimes she worked in, in Miami Beach

homes and sometimes she worked at the little small businesses but

ah when she was working on Miami Beach, she had to have a card in

order to go to and forth.

 (Ms. Daily): Where were your grandparents born?

 (Mrs. Shannon): My grandmother was born in Avian, Michigan

 and my grandfather was born in Escambia County, Florida.

 (Ms. Daily): Did they live in Overtown?

 (Mrs. Shannon): No.

 (Ms. Daily): What...could you describe what it was like

 growing up in your parent's household?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Well, one thing, you got your lessons

 everyday and when Miss Ann Coleman took one of the little houses

 that she had in her yard and made a little library out of it, I

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