noa_sohpcr_r-0014 r-0014 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Salter and Doris Cochran, April 12, 1997 Cochran, Salter, 1922- Thomas, Karen Kruse Cochran, Doris African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Halifax County African American physicians--North Carolina--Halifax County Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Halifax County African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolin--Halifax County African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Halifax County Halifax County (N.C.)--Race relations African Americans in medicine--North Carolina--Halifax County Discrimination in medical care--North Carolina--Halifax County Cochran, Salter, 1922- Cochran, Doris Dr. Salter Cochran and his wife, Doris Cochran, discuss their activism in the Weldon-Roanoke Rapids area of North Carolina. Extremely well-educated, worldly, and, in Salter's case, with military experience, the Cochrans arrived in North Carolina with progressive views on race and a determination to push for racial justice. They were distressed to find entrenched racism among white residents and a reluctance to challenge it among African Americans. Additionally, the Cochrans' activism inhibited friendships and even inspired threats of violence. But it also succeeded in desegregating some of the area's institutions, including a school (which their children were the first to integrate) and a hospital. Outsiders though they were, they continued to agitate for racial justice in forums ranging from PTA meetings to medical society conventions. As they recall their decades of activism, they reflect on racism and justice, and they evaluate the successes and failures of the movement to which they contributed. This interview will provide readers with a great deal of information about race, desegregation, poverty, and health in North Carolina. 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/R-0014/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 260.2 kilobytes, 332 megabytes. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player. MP3 format / ca. 332 MB, 03:01:22 Title from menu page (viewed on November 13, 2008). Interview participants: Salter Cochran, interviewee; Doris Cochran, interviewee; Karen Kruse Thomas, interviewer. Duration: 03:01:22. 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. 1997-04-12 Halifax County (N.C.) 20090730 095550