[News Script: Old Slave] Page: 1 of 2
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OLD SLAVE
SOF COMING4
SOF OZIING
SOF COMING
SOF COMING
At the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Cleburne, a t
very special birthday party
Its for Jake King, a 109-year old ex-slave, who was
born in Mississippi in 1851. He says that being
over a century old is just a step, and that he willlive to be 125. He
a cake
109 candles as the group ( sings "Happy Birthday."
SOF FOR 30 SECONDS
S2o FOR SECONDS
SOF FOR 30 SECONDS
King tells about his birth and coming to Texas.
SOF COMING
SOF FOR 1 MINUTE
SOF FOR 1 MINUTE
SOF FOR 1 MINUTE
King's grandson asks him what he remembers about
SOF COMING
burying the Dalton boys.
SOF TO END
SOF TO END
CU CAKE
KING
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SOF TO END
SOF TO END
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Old Slave], script, June 19, 1960; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc906736/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.