Oral history with Dr. W. Ross Story

              Oral history with Dr. W. Ross Story
F341.5 . M57 vol. 748, pt. 2
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Biography
Born to Arthur Story and Roberta Lofton Story, Dr. W. Ross Story made his entrance into the world on March 26, 1947, in Cleveland, Mississippi. His parents were sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta. He is the youngest of six children who grew up in the Mississippi countryside, playing and working together. When he was a child, Dr. Story's parents urged their children to acquire as much education as they could. Dr. Story attended H. M. Neller Elementary and Eastside High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. He participated in the Future Farmers of America and the Four- H Club.
Dr. Story was graduated from Mississippi Valley State University in 1969 where he earned a B. S.; he earned an M. Ed. from Delta State University. During his varied career he has been a sharecropper, a public school teacher in the Shelby School District, and the Leland School District, and a professor and dean at Delta State University, where he is currently employed. In 1977, Delta State University hired Dr. Story as a full- time instructor in guidance and counseling and as a part- time counselor in the Counseling Center. In 1993, he became the dean of counseling and developmental studies and a professor of behavioral sciences. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
In 1970, Dr. Story married Katherine M. Story.
Table of Contents
I. Family background
II. Childhood
III. Higher education
IV. Cleveland, Mississippi, 1970s
V. Race relations
VI. Foreparents
VII. Sharecropping
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