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<dc_title>Oral history interview with Boyd Morris</dc_title>
<dc_creator>Morris, Robert Boyd, 1912-1995</dc_creator>
<dc_subject>Mayors--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Restaurateurs--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Mayfair Cafeteria (Greensboro, N.C.)</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Discrimination in restaurants--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Race relations</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro</dc_subject>
<dc_subject_personal>Morris, Robert Boyd, 1912-1995</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_description>Oral history in which Boyd Morris primarily describes his work as mayor, especially efforts to build the coliseum and the related controversies. He discusses his response to protestors at his Mayfair Cafeteria, their effect on his business, and his reasons for not desegregating. He describes meetings held with other business owners, with city officials, and with black community leaders.</dc_description>
<dc_description>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.</dc_description>
<dc_publisher>Greensboro, N.C. : University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Greensboro</dc_publisher>
<dc_contributor>University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries</dc_contributor>
<dc_contributor>Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)</dc_contributor>
<dc_contributor>Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro</dc_contributor>
<dc_contributor>Greensboro Voices Collection (University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries)</dc_contributor>
<dc_date>2006</dc_date>
<dc_type>Oral histories</dc_type>
<dc_type>Transcripts</dc_type>
<dc_identifier>http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/civrights/detail-iv.asp?iv=108</dc_identifier>
<dc_source>Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library</dc_source>
<dc_relation>Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices.</dc_relation>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Greensboro (N.C.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Guilford County (N.C.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
<upd>20090526 204847</upd>
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