Mary and Early Williams on Life as A Sharecropper : Voices of the Movement, Fayette County Tennessee
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- “What we had to live off of was very hard, we had six in family, and we lived off of $25 a month.”
Fayette County residents Mary and Early Williams discuss their life as a sharecropper before they were evicted from their homes because they registered to vote. Part of the Fayette County, Tennessee Civil Rights movement.
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What a interesting story told by a beautiful couple.
Despite the hard times this couple stayed together ! Surviving on just $125 a year
my black folks so forgiving. at 2:20 "we loved them" shows you just how they had the advantage over my people. see the difference betweeen an angel and the devil? just to use words. cause neither exsist.
They were trying to survive but they've told us things. They've shared with us growing up... it's more to them than this interview ❤
They were being nice to them because they were taking advantage of the situation! They were being manipulated.
My grandparents!
And what a beautiful family they are🖤💛🖤💛
The interview is so short--'barely scratched the surface' as we say. I could listen to Mary & Early Williams all day long.
I wonder about the long journey from that farm to where they are now... Where did they go with their children after they were evicted for registering to vote? Did they stay with family for a while, or did they strike out on their own? Were they able to continue farming, or did they find other work?
I'd love to hear them talk about when they felt like they 'made it' or were successful. Accomplishments they were proud of. I'd love to know who they cast their first votes for.
I wish we could see family photos from the earliest days of their marriage when their children were still small. I'd love to hear about their life now, where they've settled, & hear them talk about the beautiful grandkids I'm guessing they have.
They settled in Henderson, TN... where they owned a farm... my grandfather passed in May 2012... of their 7 children, 3 have passed...
Random memory..I can still see my granddad walking down to his slaughter house... didn't know what he was doing though..lol... we used to gardening with my granny... thrift every Saturday... just a brief synopsis...I can only speak from my experience as the grandchild... they did work in factories and retired...owned their home..own over 72 acres of land... interviewed them for a college paper back in 2004 I believe... and have searched high and low for that cassette and cannot find it... Sorry I'm all over the place..10-12 grands...1 deceased... oldest daughter passed in 2018... youngest child passed first at a very young age 1995...my uncle Stacy.. that's just the gist...I always say I'm the favorite grandchild cause I'm the only one my granddad cosigned their first car for 😂😂❤️...I loved that car, by the way. My granny will talk though... she doesn't mind sharing
The moment she mentions the GRACE OF GOD it cuts off!!!
That's the most important part of this!
Wow
Wow indeed! Definitely time for us to start telling our own stories, instead of having others distribute it to the world for us ✊🏾
Too man benefited to say that their people never owned slaves. Most took criminal advantage of people who were burdened with the legacy of slavery .That landowner got rich off of these people.
She kept saying “we was happy “. They didn’t realize what was happening.
This interviewer 🤔
The interviewer is terrible!
Why should they have to mention the sharecropper's name? These people are being made fun of by this interviewer.
Definitely not feeling this interviewer 😡
Still no reparations its 2019.
Reparations for who and for what? These people clearly were under contract(s) that they signed up for. Of course the conditions weren't as great but these people got paid. It's no different than today in that you have people who're working minimum wage working paycheck to paycheck and still having to pay various bills and take care of children. It's the same phenomenon just a different day and time. Don't feed into the narrative that all of our people were slaves and or down and out. Many of our people were well off and wealthy. Society will always have the 'working class' and the 'middle class'. Peace.
I got reparations for you nigga it's called a size twelve up your ass.
STUBS 1960 bring it you bum
@@hrngofcr1 lmao 🤣🤣🤣
@@stubs1227 who are you?
Could this couple be any more beautiful? I think not. I wish I could have been there to give them their $15 to go to that picnic. Also, the interviewer does need to work on their bedside manner.
not a good interviewer..He keeps interrupting .. I want her story.... Not a good interviewer
How can she say we love those people and that they were real nice to her I don't understand, what the hell does she mean that they were nice do she realize that these people use them as basically slaves
Because they lost their home/shack from wanting to vote... the people they're speaking of are the ones who created tent city for them to live... it's more to the story.. Not too much on my grandparents now!!
My god , this white boy keeps interrupting this lady . Not a good interviewer.
The interview keeps correcting this lady.
The interviewer needed to shut the hell up. Another WHITE MAN wanting to be in control. SMH 5/15/2023
Rude interviewer.
Terrible interviewer