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Oral history interview with William B. Jones

Title
Oral history interview with William B. Jones/ conducted by Franklin Williams.
Author
Jones, William B. (William Bowdoin), 1928-
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Williams, Franklin.
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
3 videodiscs (DVD) (139 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
William B. Jones discusses his childhood, his careers in law and the foreign service, and his family. He discusses how he became ambassador to Haiti; reaction to Haiti; relationship with Jean Claude Duvalier; human rights abuses, Tauton Makou and other paramilitary organizations; foreign aid deal he tried to negotiate; intellectuals in Haiti and political views; haitian refugees; kidnapping plot.
Subject
  • Jones, William B. 1928- > Interviews
  • Jones, William B. 1928- > Childhood and youth
  • United States. Foreign Service > Officials and employees
  • African American diplomats > Interviews
  • African American lawyers > Interviews
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American > Haiti
  • Haiti > Politics and government > 1971-1986
Genre/Form
  • Oral histories.
  • Interviews.
  • Biographies.
  • Black films and programs.
Note
  • Recorded on 3 March 1986 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • William B. Jones is a lawyer and former foreign service officer who served as chief of U.S. mission to Unesco, 1973-1977, and as ambassador to Haiti, 1977-1980.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1523
OCLC
26452617
Author
Jones, William B. (William Bowdoin), 1928- Interviewee
Title
Oral history interview with William B. Jones/ conducted by Franklin Williams.
Imprint
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography
William B. Jones is a lawyer and former foreign service officer who served as chief of U.S. mission to Unesco, 1973-1977, and as ambassador to Haiti, 1977-1980.
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Added Author
Williams, Franklin. Interviewer
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1523
Sc Visual VRA-917 VHS
Sc Visual VRB 1554-1556 Archival original
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