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| Creator: | Spivey, Jo Jones, 1917-2003 |
| Title: | Oral history interview with Jo Spivey |
| Date: | 1979 May 30 |
| Description: | Oral history in which Jo Spivey primarily discusses her role as a news reporter in covering the civil rights activities in Greensboro and provides details of activities from the February 1, 1960 sit-in through the demonstrations in the summer of 1963; she also describes harassment she received as a result of covering these events. Spivey provides specifics of the desegregation of locals, schools, the golf course, lunch counters and restaurants, hospitals, and city council; she compares race relations in Greensboro during the 1960s and 1970s; describes community leaders, organizations, ad hoc committees, and political figures; and discusses the May 1969 shootout at North Carolina A&T. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Oral histories | Transcripts |
| Subjects: | Spivey, Jo Jones, 1917-2003 | Reporters and reporting--North Carolina--Greensboro | Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro | Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro | Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro | African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro | African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro | Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro | Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro | Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century | Race relations | Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro | School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro | Civic leaders--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 |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-iv.asp?iv=132 |
