- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Charles Johnson, December 29, 1990
- Creator:
- Johnson, Charles
- Contributor to Resource:
- Wells, Goldie F. (Goldie Frinks)
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1990-12-29
- Subject:
- African American high school principals--North Carolina
African American school principals--North Carolina--Siler City
High schools--North Carolina--Siler City--Administration
Education, Secondary--North Carolina--Siler City
African Americans--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Siler City - People:
- Johnson, Charles
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Chatham County, 35.70258, -79.25535
United States, North Carolina, Chatham County, Siler City, 35.72347, -79.46224 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Charles Johnson was the principal of Jordan-Matthews High School at the time of this interview. Here, he describes his ascension to the position, management style, discipline policy, use of funds, and other details of the position. He loves his job, but he sees some problems with education in a post-desegregation environment. He makes an extra effort to project an aura of professionalism, because he thinks that some people have difficulty accepting direction from a black authority figure; his demeanor is also an effort to reverse a decline in courtesy and diligence. While he says that his race has not affected his treatment from his superiors, it has affected his approach to his job. This interview offers some insight into a black principal's effort to rebuild the authority of the black educator.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/M-0025/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Title from menu page (viewed on Nov. 10, 2008).
Interview participants: Charles Johnson, interviewee; Goldie F. Wells, interviewer.
Duration: 01:27:56.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers. - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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