Abstract On Tapes 1 and 2, he discusses growing up in Baltimore during the Depression and his family’s general living conditions (housing, clothing, food). His education was cut short by the Depression and by poor relationships with teachers (feelings of alienation and discrimination). Later, he pursued an education and graduated from night school in 1942.The narrator believed that he did not have the opportunity to get training as a skilled laborer; he also felt discriminated against by his Irish...