ncgu_greensborovoices_edwards-int edwards-int greensborovoices ncgu yes Oral history interview with Ima Edwards Edwards, Ima, 1932-2003 Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro Passive resistance--North Carolina--Greensboro Direct action--North Carolina--Greensboro Nonviolence--North Carolina--Greensboro F.W. Woolworth Company--Employees Women food service employees--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 Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Edwards, Ima, 1932-2003 Oral history in which Ima Edwards describes her observations of the Woolworth's sit-ins as an employee at the bakery counter. She briefly discusses the first students to come in, the subsequent rise in number of supporters, action of klansmen, Woolworth manager Curly Harris, and the closing and eventual reopening of the lunch counter. 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. Greensboro, N.C. : University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 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) 2006 Oral histories Transcripts http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-iv.asp?iv=149 Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.) 20090526 204847