Oral History: William Jones n.d., .

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

online resource (video file 0:36:36) : Sound, Colour

Place of Publication:

n.d.,

Summary:

William Jones was born May 30, 1934 in Jackson, Tennessee. As a child his family moved several times before settling in Mobile, Alabama in 1940. He was attending an afternoon movie when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He remembers the movie stopped and everyone gathered in the lobby of the theater. He had two uncles who fought in the war. During the war everything in Mobile was done to support the war effort. Things changed overnight. The city was blacked out at night and commodities were rationed. The shipyards grew during the war as a result of constructing ships for the Navy. Mobile recovered quickly from the war and continued to prosper and grow in the 1950s. He never remembers the race issue being a big deal; however, he does remember George Wallace was hugely popular throughout the state. In 1979 Hurricane Frederick destroyed the Alabama coast. Up to that point the Alabama coast only had two hotels, everything else was private homes. After Frederick, hotels and condominiums were constructed along the coast; forever, changing the economy and environment of Mobile.

Notes:

Description based on online resource (viewed on 12 June, 2019).

Archive Reference: OH.3517.