Paulette Jones Robinson (1944-2016) graduated in 1966 from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she majored in English. After graduating, Robinson taught junior high school for a short time and then became Director of Internal Communication for Personnel and Marketing at Wachovia Bank. She was a writer/editor at IBM and the CBS-TV affiliate in Washington, DC. Robinson also worked with CNN anchor Bernie Shaw. Robinson recalls family life, going to segregated schools, and attending Advanced Placement classes at a predominately white senior high school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She explains her reason for choosing to attend Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Robinson discusses her black and white roommates, campus academics, being discriminated against by faculty members, dorm life, social life at a predominately white college, campus traditions, and eloping to get married shortly before graduation. She talks about founding her company, PJ's Pen, and doing freelance writing and editing.
