Chowan Discovery Group, Marvin T. Jones

Author & Historian Marvin T. Jones, Excutive Director &
owner of Marvin T. Jones and Associates, specilizing in corporate
communications photography and photographicdesign. His love of the
community of his birth led him to create the now defunct
Rowan-Chowan.com website, a personal website of stories and photo
essays. jones is a native of Cofield, North Carolina; he attended
the Winton Triangle's C.S. Brown School and graduated from Ahoskie
High School. Marvin also wrote a chapter in Carolina Genesis,
Beyond The Color Line and presents the first history of the Winton
Triangle. Marvin's essay "The Leading Edge of Edges-The Tri-Racial
People of the Winton Triangle", tells the story of a people who
emerge from the meeting of the New and Old Worlds and how they
created success from century to century in northeastern North
Carolina. Highlights of the essay include: Origins of the Winton
Triangle and the Triangle's contrbution to the Civil War in
expanding freedom in the United States, Founding of Pleasant Plains
Baptist Church & the C.S. Brown & Robert L. Vann Schools,
and the achievements of their members & graduates. Leadership
in worship, education, business & government. Associates;
Laverne Jones, Director & Dr. Harold Mitchell, Director.
Mission of the Chowan Discovery Group is to Collect, Preserve &
present materials that describe & illustrate the Winton
Triangle history. Dating back to the 1740's, North Carolina's
Winton Triangle is one of the oldest communities if land-owning
people of color in America. The Triangle originally encompassing
the towns of Winton, Cofield & Union. In the late 19th century
the Triangle expanded toward the newly incorporated town of
Ahoskie. Read Full Discription of Edpisode Here