- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Lewis A. Brandon III
- Creator:
- Brandon, Lewis A., 1939-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1981-06-03
- Subject:
- 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
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Congress of Racial Equality--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American high school students--North Carolina--Greensboro
High school students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Mass media--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Brandon, Lewis A., 1939-
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Brandon discusses his experience in interracial groups and organizations, his memories of the sit-ins, and his involvement in the planning and coordination of various protests in Greensboro. This includes the history, strategies, and results of Greensboro CORE and other local organizations; the role of high school students, the local community, media, and Jesse Jackson in the movement; the disintegration of the movement; and the book Civilities and Civil Rights.
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%3A23
- 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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