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Oral history interview with Ray Spain, January 26, 1990 interview M-0029, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Ray Spain, January 26, 1990 [electronic resource] : interview M-0029, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).

Interview M-0029, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Interview with Ray Spain, January 26, 1990 (portion title)
Spain, Ray, 1948- (interviewee). Wells, Goldie F. (Goldie Frinks) (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

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At the time of this interview, Ray Spain was the principal of Bertie High School, the only high school in Bertie County, NC. Here, he describes his management style and the challenges of his job. Spain, who took his position well after school desegregation, does not believe the process affected him, but he does think that by placing black and white candidates in competition for jobs, desegregation made it more difficult for black principals to find positions. Spain's limited commentary on race in education means that this interview may not be useful for scholars of desegregation and its legacy. Those interested in learning about a principal's job will find plenty of useful material.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007.

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General Note:
Duration: 00:56:37.
Interview participants: Ray Spain, interviewee; Goldie F. Wells, interviewer.
Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
Title from menu page (viewed on Dec. 16, 2008).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 92 kilobytes, 103 megabytes.
Original Version Note:
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series M, Black high school principals, interview M-0029, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 17 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.

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Spain, Ray, 1948- > Interviews.
African American school principals > North Carolina > Bertie County.
Education, Secondary > North Carolina > Bertie County.
High schools > North Carolina > Bertie County > Administration.

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