- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ray Spain, January 26, 1990
- Creator:
- Spain, Ray, 1948-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Wells, Goldie F. (Goldie Frinks)
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1990-01-26
- Subject:
- African American school principals--North Carolina--Bertie County
High schools--North Carolina--Bertie County--Administration
Education, Secondary--North Carolina--Bertie County - People:
- Spain, Ray, 1948-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Bertie County, 36.06556, -76.9666
United States, North Carolina, Bertie County, Windsor, 35.99849, -76.94606 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- At the time of this interview, Ray Spain was the principal of Bertie High School, the only high school in Bertie County, North Carolina. Here, he describes his management style and the challenges of his job. Spain, who took his position well after school desegregation, does not believe the process affected him, but he does think that by placing black and white candidates in competition for jobs, desegregation made it more difficult for black principals to find positions. Spain's limited commentary on race in education means that this interview may not be useful for scholars of desegregation and its legacy. Those interested in learning about a principal's job will find plenty of useful material.
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-0029/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Title from menu page (viewed on Dec. 16, 2008).
Interview participants: Ray Spain, interviewee; Goldie F. Wells, interviewer.
Duration: 00:56:37.
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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