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DARE Interview: Brownsville, Tennessee; Primary Informant TN053

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Informant Data:TN053: Black; male; age: 60 (old); education: college; community type: villageMedia Files:Arthur the Rat. Speaker: TN053 (4:10)Full Interview (Tape 1589-S1).Content:00:15 Farming: mechanization, land prices, livestock, crops02:05 Farms while being principal of local high school 34 years, rents out farm land, father's farm land, crops, acreage04:50 New job as assistant superintendent, planned merger 2 local high schools, Black and White students to go to new school07:10 Black population 68%, race relations, personal philosophy, first Black assistant superintendent12:45 Race relations, economics, personal philosophy17:05 Family—daughters, grandchildren, mother19:05 Merging of the schools, integration, race relations, plans for local schools24:20 Arthur the Rat28:30 Tape end
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