- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Yolanda Leacraft
- Creator:
- Leacraft, Yolanda, 1931-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1988-11-30
- Subject:
- African American women--North Carolina--Greensboro
Western Electric Company--Employees
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Segregation in eduction--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
College students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American children--North Carolina--Winston-Salem - People:
- Leacraft, Yolanda, 1931-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, 36.09986, -80.24422
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 Yolanda Leacraft primarily discusses her experience as an African American woman working for Western Electric and later the Center for Creative Leadership. She also mentions living in Winston-Salem during her youth, attending Immanuel Lutheran College in Greensboro, her son's experience at Smith High School during school desegregation, and some of the improvements in race relations over the years.
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%3A78
- 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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