- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jo Spivey
- Creator:
- Spivey, Jo Jones, 1917-2003
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 2001-12-14
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Reporters and reporting--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Social change--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Spivey, Jo Jones, 1917-2003
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Spivey recalls her coverage of civil rights activities in Greensboro for the Greensboro Record and her opinion on changes in local race relations since that time. She primarily recounts the sit-ins at Woolworth's and earlier events such as the Gillespie Golf Course case and the Lindley Swimming Pool case.
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%3A128
- 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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