It was nestled in the backside of town called back street where
some of us Blacks were segregated from the township. As of
today, the living patterns have not changed in the town of
Trenton located in Jones County. However the schooling racial
patterns have undergone tremendous changes since 1954. When I
graduated in 1960 the segregated status had not changed because
a plan had to be devised to remove Black teachers, principals,
and superintendents from their current positions. As strange as
it might seem to some of you, Black teachers taught all of the
Black students, the principals were Black, and even the
superintendent was Black. Now all of the school board members
were White and the Black superintendent reported to the White
superintendent who reported to the board. If you get the
picture, this was not an easy system to dismantle. What was
going to happen to the Black educational staff under this
separate but equal system? As I later learned while reading a
magazine as I flew across the country, Presiden