were still there so I did the same I'd done always.

 (Ms. Daily): When did you begin to shop or go to

entertainment outside of Overtown or out of town?

 (Mrs. Shannon): (Sighing) Well, one time Mrs. Sawyer took us

over to the Deauville Hotel because she knew the owners and we got

a chance to ah eat out on the terrace and everything and that was

back, that was back in the '40s but other than that I didn't, I

didn't...the first time I went on my own to, to umm the beach for

anything was in the '70s. Umm and they weren't too happy about you

being there then but when you had the money, you know they would

let you in.

 (Ms. Daily): During the period from 1945 to 1970, what were

the main things that made Overtown a community?

 (Mrs. Shannon): The families, the families made it a

community. I mean the father was there, the mother was there and

they controlled the children and when I was teaching at Booker T.,

all you had to do was visit the home sometime and say something

about them helping the kid or something like that and you'd get

great response. You didn't get the kind of response you get today,

that's not my child, my child didn't do this and that, you know,

but ah whether they believed you or not they were very courteous,

they were very nice and you could see a change in the kids two or

three days after.

 (Ms. Daily): How and when did that sense of community change?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Well I guess it must have happened after

 school integration in ah the late '60s, '68, '69, like that. Umm

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