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Interview with Mr. Mayo Wilson
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General Topic of Interview: Education, Head Start, Comparison of Jim Crown and Apartheid
Date: 3 November, 2008
Location: Clarkesdale, Mississippi, USA
Narrator: Mr Mayo Wilson
Interviewer: Tiffany Mane
Transcriber: Unknown
Biographical Information:
Mr. Mayo Wilson was born in 1931 in Cary, Mississippi. He studied at Tougaloo College and Jackson State University. Throughout his career he has been variously a math and chemistry teacher at Coahoma Community College, a banker for the Bank of Clarkesdale, and currently, the executive director of Coahoma Opportunities Inc.
Interview Information:
Mr. Wilson provides a life history, and discusses segregation in education, farming, and the Mississippi state flag. He offers a detailed perspective into the mission and programming of the Head Start program, as well as its umbrella organization, Coahoma Opportunities Inc.. Mr. Wilson contrasts the roles of blues and gospel music in black experience, and compares Jim Crow racism with the South African apartheid.