- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Joseph McNeil
- Creator:
- McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-10-14
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Nonviolence--North Carolina--Greensboro
Passive resistance--North Carolina--Greensboro
Direct action--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
College students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) - People:
- McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942-
Johns, Ralph, 1916-1997 - 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 Joseph McNeil discusses the motivations and preparations of the Greensboro Four for the February 1, 1960 sit-in at Woolworth's. In addition to describing race relations and demonstrations in Greensboro, McNeil specifically notes the contributions of Bennett College students and Ralph Johns to the city's sit-ins. He also discusses his personal leadership role in the movement, and the effect that this involvement has had on his life.
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%3A97
- 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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