noa_sohpcr_c-0007 c-0007 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with William W. Finlator, April 19, 1985 Finlator, William Wallace, 1913- Jenkins, James Lineberry, 1919-2003 Civil rights movements--North Carolina Baptists--Clergy--North Carolina--History--20th century Baptists--North Carolina--Raleigh--Clergy Civil rights workers--North Carolina Social reformers--North Carolina--Attitudes Church and social problems--Southern States Religious right--United States Civil rights--North Carolina Finlator, William Wallace, 1913- Longtime civil rights advocate Reverend William W. Finlator speaks powerfully about decades of activism and the future of rights in America. Finlator's activism was wide-ranging: he marched for integration in the 1950s and 1960s, joined vigils protesting capital punishment in North Carolina, and advocated for the rights of migrant workers. During a life of activism, he developed strong opinions about capital punishment, racism, the neglect of the poor, and what he saw as the pernicious influence of religion over politics. His most passionate language, however, is devoted to the defense of working people. 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. [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. Southern Oral History Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library Oral histories of the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)) 2007 Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/C-0007/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 112 kilobytes, 162 megabytes. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player. MP3 format / ca. 162 MB, 01:28:28 Title from menu page (viewed on Oct. 29, 2008). Interview participants: William W. Finlator, interviewee; Jay Jenkins, interviewer. Duration: 01:28:28. This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South. Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers. Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 1985-04-19 Raleigh (N.C.) Wake County (N.C.) 20090730 161304