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Oral history interview with Boyd Morris

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Creator:Morris, Robert Boyd, 1912-1995
Title:Oral history interview with Boyd Morris
Date:1986 Dec. 9
Description:

Oral history in which Boyd Morris describes his response to civil rights demonstrators at the Mayfair, his confrontation with Jesse Jackson, his reasons for not desegregating his restaurant, and the results of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on downtown businesses including ails of his years on the city council and as mayor of Greensboro.

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Types:Oral histories | Transcripts
Subjects:Morris, Robert Boyd, 1912-1995 | Jackson, Jesse, 1941- | Civil rights demonstration--North Carolina--Greensboro | Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro | Mayfair Cafeteria (Greensboro, N.C.) | Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro | African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro | Restaurateurs--North Carolina--Greensboro | Discrimination in restaurants--North Carolina--Greensboro | Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro | African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro | Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro | Race relations | Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century | City council members--North Carolina--Greensboro | Greensboro (N.C.) | Guilford County (N.C.)
Collection:Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
Institution:University of North Carolina at Greensboro's University Libraries
Contributors:University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries | Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.) | Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro | Greensboro Voices Collection (University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries)
Online Publisher:Greensboro, N.C. : University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 2006
Original Material:

Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library

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Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices.

Persistent Link to Item:http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-iv.asp?iv=109