Kip Guilbeau and Walter Davis
Recorded
December 16, 2023
Archived
December 16, 2023
40:20 minutes
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Id:
mby023397
Description
Friends Dr. Kip Guilbeau (58) and Dr. Walter Davis Sr. (86) discuss Dr. Davis’s book "The Journey of a Sharecropper’s Kid: On a Mission to Forgiveness" and discuss Dr. Davis’s childhood and journey to becoming a pastor and minister.Subject Log / Time Code
Kip asks Walter why he wrote his book and the takeaways he wants readers to have from his story.
Walter defines the term "sharecropper" and describes the way the sharecropping system operated.
Walter describes his relationship to the "N" word, a commonly used racial slur at the time, and the ways his father lived with it. Walter describes the conditions his family lived in.
Walter uses the "N" word when recalling his upbringing.
Walter recalls a flood from his childhood in 1940 from the perspective of Poplar Grove, a community near Opelousas, Louisiana.
Walter recalls school life when he was growing up and starting school at 9 years old.
Walter recalls the value of hard work that he learned from his father.
Walter talks about his parents' strictness with him and why they parented him that way. Walter describes memories of home visits from a doctor.
Kip asks Walter why they listened in on conversations between adults and spoke about them with his friends and peers.
Kip and Walter talk about the importance of voting.
Walter talks about the fashion styles of the day when he was younger.
Kip asks Walter about the dreams and goals he had for himself when he was younger. Walter describes his experiences with alcoholism and his path to becoming a pastor and minister.
Kip expresses appreciation for Walter's journey, life, and book.
Participants
- Kip Guilbeau
- Walter Davis