ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, March 30, 1997                 TAG: 9704010015
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

WAKE FOREST - REASIDENTS OF RURAL BLACK CONMMUNITY LEARNED VALUES THE HARD WAY

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  1. Birth records dating from 1802 are recorded on this 
          page (below) from Esther "Queen" Jones' family Bible. color. 2. 
          Black coal miners Riley Fears (left) and Glenwood Eaves were 
          owner-operators of their own coal mining operation near Wake Forest.
          (Photo courtesy Kenneth McCoy.)