- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Melvin Swann by Michael Sistrom
- Creator:
- Swann, Melvin
- Contributor to Resource:
- Sistrom, Michael
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2007-10-30
- Subject:
- School integration--United States
Race relations
School integration - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This oral history interview was conducted with Melvin Swann on October 30, 2007 by Greensboro College Associate Professor of History, Dr. Michael P. Sistrom. The interview largely covers Swann's experiences as a teacher at the J.C. Price School, an historically African American elementary school in Greensboro, N.C. Swann describes how J.C. Price School Principal Peeler recruited him to come to Price and discusses the process and effects of desegregation on Price in 1971 and his post-Price career. Swann speaks about his teaching career at Price School and describing his preference for engaged learning in his science classes. He also discusses athletics and extracurricular activities at Price. He reflects on Principal Peeler's qualities as a mentor to faculty and as a creative scheduler and educational innovator. Swann discusses Mr. Peeler's (and his own) approach to student discipline, including creating ways to coerce students into behaving. Swann describes the connections between Price teachers and the community, especially noting his own participation and that of other teachers in the civil rights protests of the early 1960s. Finally, Swann discusses the early meetings and negotiations between the Peeler-Swann Price Family Association and Greensboro College over the fate of the Price School property after 2003. Swann contrasts the actions and interests of the alumni group with other protests against Greensboro College's plans for the property organized by other community activists.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/1529
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
Oral History Collection [Brock Museum, Greensboro College] - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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