Jerome Wyatt interviewed by Lavaree Jones, Audio/Transcript.

Title: Jerome Wyatt interviewed by Lavaree Jones, Audio/Transcript.
Date: 1989-05-03
Creator: Jerome Wyatt
Contributor: Lavaree Jones
Description: Jerome Wyatt started working at Head Start in Jones County, Mississippi, in 1972 as Area Director. Mr. Wyatt talks about his time working with Head Start, including the internal and external problems he had to deal with when coming into the job. He says that White politicians were actively working to take control over the program.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Education; Race relations; Politics
Location: Laurel; Jones County; Mississippi; United States
Type: Audio
Medium: Audiocassettes - 1/8 inch (standard)
Measurements: 63 min
Format: MP3
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.oh.2022.hs.aud25
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0428
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Head Start Oral History Collection