Storyteller: Sharon Tate

Interviewer: Lorretta Bertalot

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Sharon was born at Flower Hospital and attended Bell Jr. High and Will Rogers HS. She tells about working at North American-Rockwell, visiting her aunt and uncle at Hilltop Farm at NW corner of 71 and Sheridan, and having her home flooded by Mingo Creek twice. Signs on the Tulsa buses said "Colored Seating in Back" in the 1950s.

Subjects: Bell Jr. High, Will Rogers High School, North American Aviation, Rockwell, a Nasa contract, Hilltop Farm, Sherbet "Push ups" and frozen Milky Ways, Mingo Creek flood and the Mingo Creek Project, Small airports near 51 and Yale, "Colored seating", Cherokee heritage, Glass packs exhaust pipes, Prayer in school