John Levy Smithsonian Interview Block 9 (Q14958)

My mother was what was called a trained nurse and midwife. In those days, especially with the black community, they had midwives, which delivered the babies and did all of the health things for the communities at that time. This is what my mother was doing. My father was a stoker for the railroad. His job was to go into the roundhouse, which is where the engines at that time - the steam engine ...