- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Pattie E. Banks
- Creator:
- Banks, Pattie E.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-06-14
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
College students--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Housing--North Carolina--Greensboro
Housing--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- Banks, Pattie E.
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history in which Pattie Banks discusses the strategies of students involved in demonstrations during the civil rights movement in Greensboro and the evolution of the movement into militancy. Other topics include Greensboro's image as a tolerant and moderate city, the later breakdown of unity and leadership within the black community, and her views on housing problems and economic disparity in the city.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/oh%3A16
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights:
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