noa_sohpcr_k-0525 k-0525 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Fred Battle, January 3, 2001 Battle, Fred Gilgor, Bob African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill Lincoln High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Segregation in education--North Carolina--Chapel Hill Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--Social life and customs--20th century African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--20th century African American students--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--20th century African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--Attitudes Battle, Fred Fred Battle recalls growing up and attending school in segregated Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and taking his experiences to college in Greensboro, where he participated in civil rights protests. Battle describes the pre-integration African American community as one in orbit around the all-black Lincoln High School and the church. Battle fears that these two institutions lack the character they once had: schools are losing their moral character, and churches are the most racially segregated sites in any community. Battle believes that racial progress has faltered since the 1960s and 1970s. This interview offers a useful gauge of the character of the African American community. 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)) 2006 Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0525/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 63.9 kilobytes, 134 megabytes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player MP3 format / ca. 134 MB, 01:13:25 Duration: 01:13:25 Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 2001-01-03 Chapel Hill (N.C.) Orange County (N.C.) 20090723 093544