- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with James Arthur Jones, November 19, 2003
- Creator:
- Jones, James Arthur, 1922-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Maynor, Malinda M.
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2003-11-19
- Subject:
- Prospect School (Prospect, Robeson County, N.C.)
Prospect (Robeson County, N.C.)--Race relations
Indian educators--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)
Indian children--Education--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)--20th century
Indians of North America--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)--Ethnic identity--20th century.
African Americans--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)--Relations with Indians--20th century
School integration--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)
Lumbee Indians--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)
Tuscarora Indians--North Carolina--Prospect (Robeson County)
North Carolina--Race relations--20th century
Robeson County (N.C.)--Race relations
Civil rights--North Carolina
Education--North Carolina--History--20th century
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--History--20th century
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Robeson County
Education--North Carolina--Robeson County
Indians of North America--North Carolina--Robeson County
Indians of North America--Civil rights--North Carolina--History--20th century
Robeson County (N.C.)--History--20th century
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Robeson County
Schools--North Carolina--Robeson County
School integration--North Carolina--Robeson County
Teachers--North Carolina--Robeson County - People:
- Jones, James Arthur, 1922-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Robeson County, 34.64009, -79.10353
United States, North Carolina, Robeson County, Prospect, 34.73322, -79.22976 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- James A. Jones, former principal of Prospect School in Robeson County, North Carolina, describes how integration affected this largely Native American community. A redistricting controversy in the late 1960s revealed how much Prospect's Native American community valued their educational traditions, and they resented what they saw as attacks on those traditions, whether in the form of redrawn district lines or the enforcement of racial integration. Jones believes that mergers and integration have damaged Prospect School, dissipating its sense of community and poisoning the school with violent racial animosity. Like many older educators, Jones remembers a time of calm, when close ties between students, teachers, and parents strengthened his community. That time, he fears, is long gone.
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/U-0005/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:34:22.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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