Box 2
Container
Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:
"The tooth pick", June 5, 1989
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 21
Scope and Contents
Interview with Helen Bass Williams where Williams retells a story about an encounter with a white waitress during a lunch counter sit-in. Recording is on Side A from 5:58-9:45. Unrelated content from 0:00-2:13 and from 9:45-40:17.
Dates:
June 5, 1989
"The house beshitted", June 1989
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 22
Scope and Contents
Interview with Helen Bass Williams about a Head Start/Map employee moving into a white neighborhood and the intimidation and property damage that ensues. This recording includes mentions of suicide. Also titled "Moving to a white neighborhood." Recording starts on Side B from 39:08-44:47 and continues on Side A from 2:15-5:28.
Dates:
June 1989
"Blue Goose", June 1989
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 23
Scope and Contents
Interview with Helen Bass Williams about an experience during her time at Tougaloo College. Williams retells a story how a Black community acquired their own form of transportation, a bus, called the Blue Goose. Recording is on Side B from 0:00-23:50. Leads into "Annie."
Dates:
June 1989
"Annie", June 1989
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 24
Scope and Contents
Interview with Helen Bass Williams about working with Head Start teachers and an altercation with a woman who wasn't hired. Recording is on Side B from 23:50-39:08. The end is a conversation between Williams and O'Hara.
Dates:
June 1989