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Part two of an oral history interview with Angel Johnson about her family history, life, and work in Washington, D.C. Johnson describes the circumstances under which she initially moved to D.C. in 1924, back to Charlotte, NC, after a year, then to D.C. again with her mother and brother. She describes her and her brother's places of employment, particularly her work as a laundress, domestic worker, operator of a guest house, and at the Bureau of Engraving. Johnson also describes in detail the businesses and institutions of the Shaw and U Street neighborhoods. Johnson frankly discusses poverty, illness, and discrimination and their lifetime impacts on her employment options and finances.Angel Johnson (1912- ) was born in Charlotte, N.C., and has lived in Washington, D.C., since roughly 1950. She lived in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest D.C. and worked as a caretaker for her mother, domestic worker, laundress, operator of a guest house, and briefly for the Bureau of Engraving. She now lives at the St. Mary's Court senior residence in Foggy Bottom, NW.This interview is a continuation of dcpl_ohp12-04_01.Original version: audiocassette; DC Public Library, Special Collections, OHP 12 St. Mary's Court Oral History Project - Never Too Old To Learn

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