Oral History with Michael Jones, June 17, 2016

Oral History with Michael Jones, June 17, 2016

Desegregation

Michael Jones was one of the first four students to break the segregation barriers in Arlington Public Schools by attending the previously all-white Stratford Junior High School in 1959. Mr. Jones grew up in the Hall’s Hill neighborhood, a historically African-American community in northern Arlington County. He was interviewed for the Arlington Public Library Oral History Program by Judith Knudsen, and his interview is available in its full audio and typed transcript forms. You can also read and listen to excerpts from his oral history, regarding his memories of growing up in Hall’s Hill and segregated Arlington, the quality of teachers at Langston and Hoffman-Boston, the preparation leading up to desegregation, and his first day at Stratford.

Michael Jones

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

17-Jun-16

Judy Knudsen

This interview is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the interviews in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

English

Oral History

jonesm20160617

1940s-1960

Judy Knudsen

Michael Jones

Arlington County, Virginia

Digital Recording

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