- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Claudette Burroughs-White
- Creator:
- Burroughs-White, Claudette Graves, 1940-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1991-02-25
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Women's colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
Women social reformers--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Burroughs-White, Claudette Graves, 1940-
- 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 Claudette Burroughs-White primarily discusses her experiences as one of the first African-Americans to attend Woman's College, including her decision to apply as part of a class project to integrate NC colleges, experience as a day student, and acceptance and inclusion by students and faculty. She briefly discusses her participation in the Woolworth sit-ins, traditions at WC, choice of career in children's services, and awards she's received.
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%3A25
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights: