Interview with Madeline C. Jones, June 21, 1978
Project: Black People in Lexington Oral History Project
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Madeline Jones was a teacher in Lexington, Kentucky during the integration of public schools. She discusses her experience teaching in an all-Black school, Booker T. Washington School, prior to integration and says that the schools were separate but not equal. She talks about the lack of supplies and overcrowding in the Black schools, but says that they had parental support and offered many activities for the students. She talks about the changes that occurred during integration, and discusses the white teachers' reactions to the Black students. She talks about why many teachers did not participate in the civil rights movement.Interview Accession
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Jones, Madeline C. Interview by Edward Owens. 21 Jun. 1978. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Jones, M.C. (1978, June 21). Interview by E. Owens. Black People in Lexington Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Jones, Madeline C., interview by Edward Owens. June 21, 1978, Black People in Lexington Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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