Gary Kirk and Liz Stevens

Recorded October 22, 2007 45:05 minutes
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Id: MBX003209

Description

Gary Kirk talks with his friend Liz Stevens about his experience in the 1960s, as a day laborer in California, and a close call he had when his cabin blew up.

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Gary remembers the time he saw his first black man. He and his father had entered a convenience store and they saw a man be refused service by the clerk. Gary’s father told the clerk he would never come back to the store.
Gary talks about the time he was almost blown up in an explosion. He was trying to dig his belongings out of his cabin after it had been buried in snow in the Colorado mountains, and the gas had been left on. The air ignited by the static electricity of Gary’s entrance, and exploded. He was blown backward many feet, and his companion was too. They hiked out down the mountain and survived.
Gary remembers the time he was working in the lettuce fields of California and he struck his field boss with a two-by-four because the boss refused to get the workers water.

Participants

  • Gary Kirk
  • Liz Stevens