- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Lois Lucas Williams
- Creator:
- Williams, Lois Lucas
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1980-12-27
- Subject:
- Congress of Racial Equality
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Arrest--North Carolina--Greensboro
Pickets--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Williams, Lois Lucas
- 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 Louis Williams explains the formation of CORE, its leaders, planning and strategy sessions, and her role in the organization as public relations director. She describes various demonstrations held in Greensboro, especially the Thanksgiving 1962 mass arrest and pickets at the cafeterias and theaters in 1963. Williams also provides personal insights into the local and national results of their actions, "movement burnout," uselessness of black studies curricula, and token blacks as window dressings in corporate America.
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%3A140
- 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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