- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Edward H. Bryant Jr. by Justin Payne
- Creator:
- Bryant, Edward H., Jr.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Payne, Justin Curtis
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2008-12-04
- Subject:
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
Greensboro College (N.C.)
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations
Race relations
Race relations--North Carolina--Greensboro - 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 Edward H. Bryant, Jr. on October 4, 2008 by Greensboro College senior, Justin Payne. The interview was conducted via telephone. The interview focuses on Bryant's involvement with the 1960 Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins. According to Bryant, he went into Woolworth's with Richard O'Neal, and Lowell Lott. All three were Greensboro College students. Bryant tells of speaking with the black protesters and giving them his support and giving a statement to a nearby journalist which confirmed his group's involvement in the event. Upon returning to campus, Bryant feels he was treated favorably by the students, but that some of the college's administration attempted to force him to leave the school. He would not agree to do so, and the president of the school ultimately put a stop to the administration's actions against Mr. Bryant. Bryant explains how after his initial participation, he was contacted by the leaders of the student civil rights movement from the nearby black colleges, and attended meetings with them. Declining to officially join their legal actions against the local and state government, Bryant expressed his continued support in all matters other than legal as he had just recently been accepted by the University of Richmond's law program.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/1533
- 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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