Woods-Holmes, Vernita 2017-11-20

This interview features Vernita Woods-Holmes as she describes her life that she has dedicated to teaching. In this interview, Vernita recounts the segregation she experience in Lubbock, the integration of schools, and her career as a teacher and later, as a principal.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Vernita Woods-Holmes

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: November 20, 2017

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson

Length: 01:30:51 (one hour 30 minutes)

Abstract

Communities, background information; Segregation in Lubbock; her father; Enjoyable school subjects; wanting to be a teacher; Moving from Sanders to Jackson, teaching kindergarten; How being a principle was different from teaching; Her retirement and working on the school board, AVID; What she thinks schools should be concentrating on; Vernita’s relationship with Margaret; The East Lubbock Community Alliance, awards; hobbies

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/362901 >

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