Dorothy Harper Jones was born in Alabama and earned her bachelor's degree from Talldega College (1955) and master's (1957) and doctoral (1990) degrees in Social Work from Smith College. She joined the MSU faculty in 1977 in the College of Social Science. She was later the assistant dean for diversity in the College of Social Science. She founded the Pashami Dancers, traditional African dance group, in 1968. Jones was ionstrumental in making MSU's observation of Martin Luther King Jr Day more impactful. She retired from MSU in 2001. She died February 10, 2019. Topics/People Covered in Interview include: her early life and education, segregation, Talladega College, civil rights movement, Donald Rasmussen, James Hopson, Leontyne Price, James Theodroe Jones, discrimination in housing, Robert Green, Lettie Green, School of Social Work (MSU), Smith College, Ann Hartman, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Muskegon Correctional Facility, Pashami Dancers, David Wiley, African Study Center, Gwen Andrew, Lou Anna K Simon, Martin Luther King, Jr. events, Ernest Green, Ralph Bonner
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