ncgu_greensborovoices_player-int player-int greensborovoices ncgu yes Oral history interview with Willa Player Player, Willa B. African American college teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro College teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro African American women college administrators--North Carolina--Greensboro Women college administrators--North Carolina--Greensboro African American college presidents--North Carolina--Greensboro College presidents--North Carolina--Greensboro Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Race relations African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro Player, Willa B. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Oral history in which Willa Player discusses race relations in Greensboro in throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including the role of specific African Americans and white citizens. She describes the participation of Bennett College students in demonstrations in 1960 and 1963, her support of students incarcerated at the polio hospital, the position of Dr. Lewis Dowdy and other area university administrators and faculty, and her participation in particular marches and boycotts. Other notable topics include the visits of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. to 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=115 Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library Forms part of online collection: Greensboro Voices. 1979-12-03 Greensboro (N.C.) Guilford County (N.C.) 20090526 204847