ncgu_greensborovoices_melton-int melton-int greensborovoices ncgu yes Oral history interview with Furman Melton Jr. Melton, Furman M., 1933-1989 Police--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro Arrest--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro Picketing--North Carolina--Greensboro North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Race riots--North Carolina--Greensboro James B. Dudley High School (Greensboro, N.C.) Melton, Furman M., 1933-1989 Jackson, Jesse, 1941- Oral history in which Furman Melton describes his experiences as a member of a special police unit assigned to the demonstrations in 1963, including their duties, arrest procedures, training, and response. He also provides his opinion on demonstrator behavior and the role of Jesse Jackson, and details the sit-downs that led to mass arrests and incarceration at the polio hospital. Melton also discusses pickets at the cafeterias and movie theaters in 1963, and discusses in detail his experience responding to the May 1969 riot at Dudley High School and the North Carolina A&T campus. 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=101 Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. 1979-04-12 Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.) 20090526 204847