Wayne Jones Interview, 2022-05-04 [OH.007.016] - North Carolina Digital Collections

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Title

Wayne Jones Interview, 2022-05-04 [OH.007.016]

Link

https://archive.org/details/oh-007-016-wayne-jones-20220504

Date

May 04 2022

Creator

["Jones, Wayne."]

Contributor

["Horan, John."]

Rights

All rights for this interview held by State Archives of North Carolina. Contact Archives Registrar for permissions or publication.

Description

Oral history interview with Wayne Craig Jones (b. 1951), a North Carolina native and one of the first students to integrate Gaston High School in Northampton County, North Carolina. Jones discusses his life growing up on a farm in eastern North Carolina and describes race relations within the community. Jones details the extreme discrimination, violence, and racism he faced at Gaston High School, which led to his return to a segregated Black school called Gumberry High. Jones contrasts Gaston and Gumberry high schools and describes how his experience attending both schools impacted his life after high school in the military and in his career. This interview was conducted by John Horan on May 4, 2022. The Oral History collection contains interviews conducted and acquired by the Oral History Unit of the State Archives of North Carolina. This unit seeks to work with individuals and communities across the state to record and preserve the lived experience of North Carolinians, as told by North Carolinians and to make these histories accessible for generations to come. This interview contains content that may be harmful or difficult to view, including language that reflects outdated, biased, offensive views as well as descriptions of conflict, racism, and violence.

Subject

["Oral histories","School integration","Segregation","Farm life","Rural conditions","Discrimination","Discrimination in education","Saint Leo University (Saint Leo, Fla.)","Golden Gate University","Old Dominion University","Race awareness in children","University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","Oral history","Race relations"]

Index Terms

Roanoke Chapel Baptist Church (Jackson, N.C.); Squire Elementary School (Gaston, N.C.); Jackson-Eastside Elementary School (Jackson, N.C.); Gaston High School (Gaston, N.C.); Gumberry High School (Garysburg, N.C.)

Local Call Number

OH.007.016

Place

["Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina, United States","Pleasant Hill, Northampton County, North Carolina, United States","Gaston, Northampton County, North Carolina, United States","Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina, United States","Alexandria, Alexandria (city), Virginia, United States"]

Time Period

["(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period","(1954-1971) Civil Rights era","(1990-current) Contemporary"]

Digital Collections

["Oral History Materials","School Integration and Desegregation Oral History Project"]

Source Collections

["School Integration and Desegregation Oral History Project. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Format

["Sound recordings","Transcripts","Oral histories"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina","Internet Archive"]

Identifier

OH_007_016_WayneJones_20220504

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