- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Howard Holderness
- Creator:
- Holderness, Howard, 1902-1992
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-13
- Subject:
- Life insurance agents--North Carolina--Greensboro
Businessmen--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
School board members--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Holderness, Howard, 1902-1992
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - 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 Howard "Chick" Holderness discusses his view on the 1954 Brown decision, the school board's interpretation of the Pearsall Plan, and why he felt the school system needed to wait before implementing desegregation. He provides details of his conversation with the president of Woolworth's concerning integration of their lunch counter and the role of civil rights demonstrators. He also recalls his appointment to the Advisory Committee on Human Relations, the committee's goals, and the members' differing opinions.
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%3A65
- 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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