- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Leonard Guyes
- Creator:
- Guyes, Leonard, 1929-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-09-21
- Subject:
- Businessmen--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Jews--North Carolina--Greensboro
Central business districts--North Carolina--Greensboro
Department stores--North Carolina--Greensboro
Social change--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- Guyes, Leonard, 1929-
- 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 Leonard Guyes discusses the rise and demise of businesses in downtown Greensboro from the 1950s through 1970s, including his father's department store, Prago-Guyes. He describes his work on the downtown revitalization plan, Greensboro Merchants Association, and Human Relations Committee. He mentions life in Greensboro during the Depression, and his commitment to integration of sales personnel for resolving the 1963 civil rights demonstrations.
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%3A54
- 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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