Miracle in Mississippi, Educational Work of Laurence C. Jones
Entry/Object ID
L2006.7.2
Description
Miracle in Mississippi covers the educational and racial integration achievements of Laurence C. Jones, a native of St. Joseph, Missouri. For thirty years integration in the finest sense of the word has worked quietly in the area of Piney Woods, Mississippi, where both Negroes and whites joined efforts to support the dream of Dr. Laurence C. Jones, founder of Piney Woods Country Life School. This Is Your Life presented the story of the founder and his dream over national television. The story of the man and his school became one of the best examples oof American democracy through education in modern times.
252/Hardbound/Photographs.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Education, Integration
Search Terms
Dr. Laurence Jones-Pacific House, Black History, Piney Woods Country School, Mississippi
