Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Dr. Constance Raye Jones Price

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Dr. Constance Raye Jones Price (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Connie Jones Price shares how her grandfather was routinely fired for not being part of a union but he was not allowed to join the union because he was black. Her grandmother worked at the packing plants, one of the few places blacks could work. She grew up with all black neighbors who have college degrees and was raised with a definitive sense of quality in her education and possessions. Dr. Price went on to receive her PhD in her adult life but faced discrimination in finding employment that represented her abilities. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Difficulties she and her grandparents faced throughout their lifetime due to discrimination; growing up with all black neighbors who had college degrees; landscape of Oatmeal Hill and daily life of her youth; participation in community centers and church; being raised with emphasis on education; finding employment that represented her abilities.

Dates

• 02/24/2003 - 03/14/2003 (Interviews conducted 2/24/2003 and 3/14/2003.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewer: Zielinski, Kimberly K.
• interviewee: Price, Dr. Constance Raye Jones

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.25
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.25
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Rondo Oral History Project' <OH 110>

Quantity: 3 sound cassette 93 pages transcript 5 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:48:16 running time

Subjects

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