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g. m. jones
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Gene Jones (g.m.jones), raised in southeastern North Carolina and graduated in 1968 from Lumberton High School. A draftee, he entered the United States Army in 1969. After being discharged in 1973, he enlisted back into the Army, in 1975. He retired from the Army in 1992. His military career took him to Vietnam, Germany, Panama, and various stateside assignments. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1992, at the ripe age of 43. Further work took him to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. Disillusioned at the plight of the young Black males, in the United States, he shares his life experiences hoping to encourage and motivate them to be productive citizens. Through life experiences, he learned that a Black male must realize that he and only he controls his fate and his destiny.
Birth Place: Lumberton, NC Robeson
Accomplishments: Retired US Army (MSG)
Bachelor of Science,Business Administration
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| www.redstoneshayswood.com
THE SITE WAS ESTABLISHED TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HARBORS A POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF ITSELF, ITS FAMILY VALUES, AND AN OVERRIDING PHILOSOPHY OF "CAN DO ATTITUDE". TO PROVIDE CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND EMOTIONAL SUPPPORT TO ALL STUDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ROBESON COUNTY. TO SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO ATTEND COLLEGE OR OTHER HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR RICH TRADITION IS CONTINUED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
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www.arrestedpotential.com
About the author, Gene Jones (g.m.jones) was raised in southeastern North Carolina, graduated in 1968 from Lumberton High School and is an army war veteran. A draftee, he entered the United States Army in 1969 and six months later was forced to fight in an unpopular war. After being discharged in 1973, he reenlisted into the Army in 1975. He retired from the Army in 1992. His military career took him " to Vietnam, Germany, Panama, and various stateside assignments. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1994, at the ripe age of 43. Not being able to find work in his community, employment took him to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. As a child growing up in the rural South he experienced the White and Colored water fountains, bathrooms, and not being able to dine with the majority race. While living in public housing, he had seen the procession of the KKK shouting obscenities and blowing their horns as they navigated the streets of his neighborhood. He witnessed his father working at menial jobs and his mother riding in the back seat of her White employer's car going to and from work. After his Army career ended and being away from community, he found not much had changed for the betterment of Blacks. Disillusioned at the plight of the young Black males in the United States and his community, he shares his life experiences to encourage and motivate them to live up to their potential. Through life experiences he learned that a Black male must realize that he and only he control their faith and destiny. This is a book about his journey
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Arrested Potential; entitlement mentality
I am working on writing the second book of the trilogy, Entitlement Mentality. The first book was Arrested Potential; through the eyes of a soldier.
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| Published “Arrested Potential” in July 2012.
Interviewed on WAGR 1340 AM radio talk show, Wake Up, on August 27, 2012.
Featured in The Robesonian (www.robesonian.com,“A dream deferred," on
August 29, 2012. (Click news, features,and a dream deferred)
Invited to appear on the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas, at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre, on October 27, 2012
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