Transcript
Index
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:14 - Robert Mayo, Charles' stepfather, as a 20th Century Club member at Fairbanks-Morse--Robert Mayo's religious background--fair treatment at F-M
00:07:31 - Mr. Taylor and safety at F-M--Charles Simmons' work at F-M--at the Foremen's Club as a young office worker--reaction against foundry work--absence of discrimination in work experience--pay scale
00:20:48 - Charles Simmons attitude toward younger generation
00:24:28 - Recollections of first migrants from Mississippi--language differences between Charles Simmons and the migrants from Mississippi
00:35:37 - Different customs of the Mississippi migrants--migrants prejudiced against light-complected Negroes
00:36:32 - Mrs. Simmons from Indianola, Mississippi--relatives wanted to return to Mississippi, but not Charles Simmons--negative reaction to Mississippi from earlier trip--reaction against blacks in Mississippi using “nigger” in conversation
00:46:04 - Further comments on customs, F-M story
00:48:23 - Reactions of white people to migrants--sweaty workers on the streetcar
00:53:00 - J.D. Stephenson's influence, also Reverend Brown and Leon --“money” as a cause of black migrants “going overboard”--problem of getting used to factory work--movement to other cities
