- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with George H. Evans
- Creator:
- Evans, George H., 1907-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-04-27
- Subject:
- African American physicians--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- Evans, George H., 1907-
- 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 George Evans discusses his role as chairman of the Special Committee on Human Rights and as a member the Greensboro Citizens Association during the civil rights demonstrations in 1963. He describes negotiations with the business owners, city council, and demonstrators regarding desegregation of downtown businesses, and comments on the accomplishments of the civil rights movement and the growth of economic opportunity for African Americans.
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%3A39
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights:
-
