- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Kenneth Norton, March 23, 1999
- Creator:
- Norton, Kenneth, 1928?-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Campbell, Brian
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1999-03-23
- Subject:
- African American schools--alumni and alumnae--North Carolina--Davidson
African American schools--North Carolina--Davidson
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Davidson
African Americans--Education--North Carolina--Davidson
Davidson (N.C.)--Social life and customs - People:
- Norton, Kenneth, 1928?-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Gaston County, Davidson, 35.50233, -80.83912
United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, 35.24671, -80.83276 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Kenneth Norton attended the segregated Ada Jenkins School in Davidson, North Carolina, in the 1930s. In this interview, he shares some memories about the school and segregated Davidson. Norton describes an under-resourced school able to offer only eleven grades, limited instruction, and well-used uniforms for its sports teams. This interview offers background for those interested in the history of segregation in schools.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0440/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Title from menu page (viewed on Nov. 26, 2008).
Interview participants: Kenneth Norton, interviewee; Brian Campbell, interviewer.
Duration: 00:36:55.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers. - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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