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Melvina Frances Jones, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is Professor Emerita of European History, Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California. She grew up in Los Angeles and earned her BA and MA in History at California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. Jones completed her education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning her doctorate in history with a specialization in the Second World War in France. She has spent a great deal of time in France teaching and researching in her area of expertise.
After having taught for many years in the Los Angeles area and along California’s beautiful central coast, including one year at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, she came to Cosumnes River College in 1989 as the Dean of Humanities/Social Sciences. After three years, she decided to return to her natural calling and professional passion, finishing her career in the classroom, helping to educate the wonderful students served by CRC.
Dr. Jones is very happy and grateful to God to be enjoying retirement after thirty-five years in the classroom and administration. She is very active in the outreach ministries of the New Hope Baptist Church in Sacramento and enjoys photography and playing the piano. Dr. Jones currently resides in Sacramento, California.
Even though the skills, training and experience that come with earning one’s doctorate and teaching at the college level are at work here, this book was not written for professional historians. While it is an historical account, it is also a very personal story of family.
The Jones and Jeffers forbearers, rooted in Person County, North Carolina, lived through the abomination of slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and into the first few decades of the 20th Century. The three featured “Sons of Roxboro” not only lived through major chapters of American history, they actually impacted them in a very positive way. It is with a great sense of pride that I tell their stories.
The initial, and still primary, objective of this account is to leave a record for my family members and descendants. The decision to make our story more widely available was made after considerable thought and numerous conversations with family and friends who recognized a unique and yet universal quality in our story. We ended up agreeing that our story would encourage people to read more about American history, appreciate the contributions of groups who are often overlooked, and realize that as Americans we have a great deal in common.
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