ncgu_greensborovoices_foster-int foster-int greensborovoices ncgu yes Oral history interview with John R. Foster Foster, John R., 1911-1981 Poliomyelitis--North Carolina--Greensboro Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro Foster, John R., 1911-1981 Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. Oral history in which John Foster primarily discusses the history of the polio epidemic in North Carolina in the 1940s and subsequent construction of the Central Carolina Rehabilitation Hospital, informally referred to as the polio hospital, in 1948. Foster also discusses school desegregation in Greensboro, specifically the Pearsall Plan, the board's opinion on and plan for desegregation, and the legal and social aftermath of the Brown decision in North Carolina. 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 (North Carolina) Greensboro Voices Collection (University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries) 2006 Oral histories Transcripts http://library.uncg.edu/dp/crg/oralHistItem.aspx?i=511 Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. 1978-07-26 Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.) 20130606 122810