Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School
Interviewed by Bob Gilgor on January 29, 2001
“First of all, I think that any person who comes to this community to teach in the school system should have a tour of Chapel Hill prior to teaching, so that they will know where the different neighborhoods are and what the neighborhoods are all about. They should know where the historical places are, not have to read them in the paper and then wonder where they are and what happened.”
- Mary Norwood Jones
This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers—Oral Histories of Chapel Hill’s Lincoln High School. Mary Norwood Jones is an African American woman who graduated from what was then called Orange County Training School in 1951. Jones reflects with Bob Gilgor on her experiences playing basketball and being a member of the drama and band clubs at Orange County Training School. She goes into depth on her experience as an African American and female athlete, and she boasts about the positive influence her teachers, coaches, and parents had on fostering a healthy community within Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
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Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School
Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School
Oral history interview of Jones, Mary Norwood conducted by Gilgor, Bob on January 29, 2001 at Northside Elementary School, Chapel Hill, NC. Processed by McCarthy, Rachel.
Citation: Southern Oral History Program, “Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/mary-norwood-jones-on-her-experiences-at-orange-county-training-school.
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