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Partial Transcript: My name is Edward Owens. I'm working for the Urban League on the Oral Black History Project.
Segment Synopsis: Mary Muir is introduced. She talks about the owner and employees of Lexington Laundry, where she began working in 1921. She talks about race relations between workers and managers, and whether Black and white employees received equal wages.
Keywords: Business owners; Duties; Employees; Equal pay; Equality; Integrated; Lexington Laundry; Management; Managers; Relationships; Responsibilities; Salary; Treatment
Subjects: African Americans--Employment.; African Americans--Social conditions.; Lexington (Ky.)--Race relations.; Public laundries; Wages.
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Partial Transcript: Uh, during the Depression was your job affected at all?
Segment Synopsis: Muir talks about her husband's work, and his unemployment during the Great Depression. She says people survived through the help of "soup houses." She says job opportunities increased for African Americans after the Depression.
Keywords: Black community; Bricklayers; Close-knit; Great Depression; Husbands; Job opportunities; Jobs; Layoffs; Soup houses; Survival
Subjects: African American families; African American neighborhoods; African Americans--Economic conditions.; African Americans--Employment.; African Americans--Social conditions.; Depressions--1929--Kentucky
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Partial Transcript: Were there many Blacks that worked for the laundry as long as you did?
Segment Synopsis: Muir talks about why many employees did not remain at Lexington Laundry very long. She talks about race relations in Lexington and states that she never had any problems with anyone. She talks about her neighborhood on Georgetown Street. The interview ends at 8:49.
Keywords: Careers; Close-knit; Georgetown Street; Leaving; Lexington Laundry; Quitting; Relationships; Trouble; Working
Subjects: African American neighborhoods; African Americans--Employment.; African Americans--Social conditions.; African Americans--Social life and customs.; Lexington (Ky.)--Race relations.; Neighborliness; Neighbors; Public laundries
