- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with J. Kenneth Lee
- Creator:
- Lee, J. Kenneth (John Kenneth), 1923-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1990-06-06
- Subject:
- Social change--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American law students--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Law students--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
African American lawyers--North Carolina
Lawyers--North Carolina
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina
Civil rights workers--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina
Segregation--North Carolina
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina
Race discrimination--North Carolina
North Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century
Greensboro--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Discrimination in banking--North Carolina--Greensboro
American Federal Savings and Loan (Greensboro, N.C.)
African American banks--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Lee, J. Kenneth (John Kenneth), 1923-2018
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Durham County, 36.036, -78.87632
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Lee discusses his legal battle to gain admission into UNC as the first African American law student and the challenges he faced during his time there. He describes the legal system during the 1950s, especially the discrimination faced by black lawyers and their clients, and discrimination in the banking industry, including the creation of American Federal Savings and Loan in Greensboro.
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%3A81
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights: