housing?

 (Mrs. Shannon): I was still a student at Booker T. when that

was built.

 (Ms. Daily): Do you know what the community was able to get

from public officials in return for public housing going through

Overtown?

 (Mrs. Shannon): I have no idea.

 (Ms. Daily): How did public housing affect the community?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Well it upgraded instances because people had

an opportunity to apply to get into one of the better areas.

 (Ms. Daily): Alright, I'm moving on to the next set of

questions regarding Metro-rail. When and how did you first hear

about the building of Metro-rail?

 (Mrs. Shannon): Metro-rail? That's something I didn't know

about. I still don't know that much about it.

 (Ms. Daily): Okay, so then I'll move on to the next set of

questions which is the last set. Regarding the future of the

Overtown area, what are the most important misconceptions about

Overtown?

 (Mrs. Shannon): That the people are lazy, don't want to work.

Ah, that all of them are criminals.

 (Ms. Daily): What do you think public officials most need to

know about Overtown?

 (Ms. Shannon): Well, since the White people named it

Overtown, I guess they had things in mind so they need to tell the

people in Overtown why they call it Overtown. Because I remember,


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