- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Alpha Omega (Faye) Jones, July 12, 2016
- Creator:
- Howard, Jasmin
Jones, Alpha Omega (Faye) - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-12
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Civil rights - People:
- Jones, Alpha Omega (Faye)
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Liberty County, Cleveland, 30.34132, -95.08549
United States, Texas, Montgomery County, Conroe, 30.31188, -95.45605 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ms. Jones was born in Trinity, Texas. Her parents were educators, and she moved a lot as a child following them to different schools. When she graduated from high school in Conroe at Booker T. Washington, she briefly attended TSU. After a time in Michigan, she eventually began a career with the postal service in Houston, where she retired from a management position. In her interview, Ms. Jones describes segregation in Cleveland and Conroe, Texas, her educational career, her experiences in the north as compared to Texas, her career with the postal service and discrimination on the job, the current status of race relations in Conroe and efforts to reinvigorate the alumni association for Booker T. Washington school.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth983749/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 7 video recordings (1 hr., 32 min., 57 sec.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- https://crbb.tcu.edu/interviews/interview-with-faye-alpha-omega-jones
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
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