- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Angeline and S. C. Smith (Part 1)
- Creator:
- Smith, Angeline D.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Smith, Samuel Cooper, 1900-1994
- Date of Original:
- 1989-09-28
- Subject:
- African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
African American universities and colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American educators--North Carolina--Greensboro
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Smith, Angeline D.
Smith, Samuel Cooper, 1900-1994
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - 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 in which Angeline Smith reads a speech she presented at the Greensboro Historical Museum concerning her experiences with and struggles against segregation in Greensboro from the 1940s through the 1960s. The Smiths describe their experiences at North Carolina A&T and their respective careers in education, especially Angeline's treatment after Greensboro school desegregation. The Smiths recall the demonstrations of the 1960s, especially responses to the mass incarceration of demonstrators at the polio hospital in 1963. Other topics include the history of the YMCA, coliseum, and Dudley High School, changes in education since the Brown decision, and reactions to Civilities and Civil Rights.
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%3A123
- 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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