- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Comments on William A. Chafe's book pertaining particularly to chapter three, "The Sit-Ins Begin"
- Creator:
- Harris, Clarence Lee
- Date of Original:
- 1979
- Subject:
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- scrapbooks
- Type:
- Text
StillImage - Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In this seven-page document, Clarence "Curly" Harris comments on historian William Chafe's book Civilities and Civil Rights . Harris, who was manager of the Greensboro Woolworth store at the time of the sit-ins, provides extensive footnotes refuting factual details and many of Chafe's assertions presented in the chapter covering the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins. Harris takes issue especially as to how he and the F.W. Woolworth Co. are represented in the book, as well as with the specific timing of certain events. He notes how much Woolworth?s lost due to protests around the country and concludes that the sit-ins were responsible for destroying many downtown business districts throughout the South.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/1706
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Extent:
- 8.5" x 11"
- Original Collection:
- http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=506
MSS141 Clarence Lee Harris Papers, circa 1916-1997
CRG - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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