- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Johnny Jones, July 11, 2016
- Creator:
- May, Meredith
Jones, Johnny - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-11
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Jones, Johnny
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Montgomery County, Conroe, 30.31188, -95.45605
United States, Texas, Montgomery County, Tamina - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Mr. Jones was born in Conroe and raised in both Tamina and near Conroe; his parents lived on two properties owned by Dr. Hayes and worked for him in various capacities. Mr. Jones described going to segregated schools, segregation in Conroe, and his time at Booker T. Washington school. He was at TSU in Houston during the riot and participated in a march to downtown. He was drafted into the military and discusses race relations in Germany during the Vietnam War. He returned to the US where he worked as a welder and engineer while pursuing a music career. He recently was photographed for a book on Tamina and described his experience going to see the exhibit at the Smithsonian. Mr. Jones provided a great description of segregation in Conroe, the environment at TSU, and Tamina.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983673/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 video recordings (1 hr., 11 min., 23 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-johnny-jones
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
