James Oscar Jones Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.14.1a, 2011.174.14.1b, 2011.174.14.1c, 2011.174.14.1d, 2011.174.14.1e, 2011.174.14.1f, 2011.174.14.1g, and 2011.174.14.1h.

James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He discusses his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and meeting activists Bill Hansen and Ben Grinage. He recalls participating in sit-ins at Woolworth's drug store in Pine Bluff, and helping African Americans in rural areas become political candidates.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 25, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: James Oscar Jones, American, born 1943
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Little Rock Central High School, American, founded 1927
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Subject of: Bill Hansen, American, born 1939
• Subject of: Ben Grinage, American
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 2 hr., 6 min., 49 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 212.06 GB
• Place collected: Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2011.174.14.1a-h
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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