Jones, Charles, 1937-

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Birth 1937-08-23

Biographical notes:

Charles Jones was born in Chester, S.C. in 1937. His family moved to Charlotte, N.C. when he was 10. As a young man, Jones became very active politically on both a local and national level. This included participation with the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights demonstrations of the 1960s. He graduated from Howard University Law School and is a practicing lawyer in Charlotte, N.C.

From the description of Interview with Charles Jones [electronic resource] 2005 May 18 / interviewer: Debbie Howard ; transcriber: Michele Greer. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645460592

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Subjects:

  • African American children
  • African American civil rights workers
  • African American men
  • African Americans
  • African American seminarians
  • African American white collar workers
  • Civil rights movement
  • Freedom Rides, 1961
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Racism
  • Values

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Places:

  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • North Carolina--Charlotte (as recorded)
  • Charlotte (N.C.) (as recorded)
  • Austria--Vienna (as recorded)