- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Rosemary Roberts Yardley
- Creator:
- Yardley, Rosemary Roberts, 1938-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1990-05-25
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
Students--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Journalists--North Carolina--Greensboro
Interviews--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Yardley, Rosemary Roberts, 1938-
- 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 interview with Rosemary Roberts Yardley in which she primarily discusses Greensboro school integration in 1971, including her son's experiences at a formerly black Hampton School, busing, and work with Joanne Bluethenthal's committee to support the process. She also briefly discusses her work as a journalist, including her interview with Howard Fuller about the Malcolm X Liberation University.
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%3A143
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights: