James Lineberry Jenkins, Jr., was born in Robeson County, N.C., in 1919. A graduate of Wake Forest College, Jay Jenkins became a prize-winning political reporter, an editorial writer, and a columnist for several North Carolina newspapers, including The News and Observer, the Charlotte Observer, and the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel. In 1969, he was named a special assistant to William Friday, president of the University of North Carolina. He retired from this position in 1982, and, in early 1983, began writing a weekly column featured in the Chapel Hill Newspaper and the Southern Pines Pilot.
From the description of James Lineberry Jenkins papers, 1907-1990 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 38214527
From the guide to the James Lineberry Jenkins Papers, 1907-1990, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
