ncgu_greensborovoices_hairstonjr-int hairstonjr-int greensborovoices ncgu yes Oral history interview with Otis L. Hairston Jr. Hairston, Otis L., 1945- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro Police--North Carolina--Greensboro Arrest--North Carolina--Greensboro African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro Race relations Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Hairston, Otis L., 1945- Oral history in which Otis Hairston Jr. primarily discusses his involvement in civil rights demonstrations as a high school student in the spring of 1963. He describes demonstrations at the Carolina Theater and the sit-down on the square, both of which led to mass arrests, and provides details of his subsequent incarceration at the polio hospital and processing at the coliseum. Hairston also notes the role of the police, the behavior of hecklers and demonstrators, and the influence of his father. 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=52 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