. And I learned to, um, to uh… recite them, and um, to do them, you know, in black dialect. Um, um, he was one of the early poets. Um, James Weldon Johnson also, um, the poems that he wrote in um, God’ Trombone. Some of the biblical stories, and among them the creation, uh, the crucifixion, and uh, the

people who were, who were in both put it that way? P: I believe uh, James Jones and maybe Arthur Brown. L: And they were part of your charter membership too. P: Yeah, but uh, they, you could feel the, the tension and they didn’t want us there. L: Mmhm. L a n c a s t e r H i s t o r y �P: So they

: Ah. B: And that’s probably part of it. L: You get access to a good library in other words. B: Probably. L: Hahaha. B: Uh, and this Curtis E. [Neels] M.D. I didn’t know, it’s the only one I don’t remember. And David Brown, Legal Adviser he was a police man, that was Arthur Brown’s younger brother. L

Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Wilkerson, Ruby and Spencer Location: Home of the Wilkersons Subject: Military experiences Date of Interview: February 13, 2006 Transcription Date: February 23, 2009