Terry Sneed Brown: A Trailer Blazer in his own right

Terry Sneed Brown was born in Washington, North Carolina, in 1951. A time when the racial divide in this small rural Eastern North Carolina community was very evident. From being kicked off an all white outdoor tennis court at the age of 8, to being refused service at the counter in Woolworth’s, to having the climb the fire escape steps in the alley at the Turnage Theater just to get to the balcony of the theatre where Blacks had to sit, and being a member of the first integated senior class at Washigton High School after attending P.S. Jones for so many years. But despite these and other challenging encounters during his life, he holds no grudges. “I’m not going to let anyone or anything hold me back from doing what I want to do!” Terry is our latest interview for the Black Oral Histories of Beaufort County project.

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