- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Sol Jacobs
- Creator:
- Jacobs, Sol Max, 1910-1994
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1986-12-09
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Social integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
White Citizens councils--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Politics and government--History--20th century - People:
- Jacobs, Sol Max, 1910-1994
- 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 Sol Jacobs recalls race relations in Jim Crow Greensboro in the 1950s and the general sentiment of people concerning desegregation. He describes the action of the school board regarding integration, the role of the Klan and the White Citizen's Council, and the political environment of Greensboro in the 1950s. Jacobs also discusses the Chamber of Commerce and its individual members, as well as his own involvement. Other topics include his views on the positive changes of integration and the areas he believes remain unchanged.
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%3A69
- 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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