- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina, 2011-07-06
- Date of Original:
- 2011-07-06
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
African American college students--Interviews
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college administrators--Interviews
African American college teachers--Interviews
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Interviews
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus)
Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) - People:
- Player, Willa B.
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Description:
- Esther M. A. Terry remembers growing up in Wise, North Carolina, and attending Bennett College. She recalls planning the Greensboro Woolworth's sit-in with students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (later North Carolina A T University), being arrested for her participation, and the support of the Bennett College President, Dr. Willa Player. She also discusses attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her master's degree, and founding the African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus), where she earned her PhD and taught for many years.
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Mosnier, Joseph
Terry, Esther M. A., 1939-
10 video files of 10 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (92 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (37 pages)
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Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. : American Folklife Center
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
InteractiveResource
Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights History Project - Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0028/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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