- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- A Game of Non-Violence in Greensboro, N.C.
- Creator:
- Watson, Robert W.
- Date of Original:
- 1963
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Protest movements--United States
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- typescripts
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This is a fifteen page essay by Robert Watson regarding freedom marches led by activist Jesse Jackson, in Greensboro, North Carolina, in the spring of 1963. Watson discusses the relationship between Jesse Jackson and Greensboro detective Captain William H. Jackson. He recalls the marches in downtown Greensboro, which culminated in mass arrests. He writes of Jesse Jackson's leadership in the protests, and Captain Jackson and the police force's work to keep the events peaceful. Topics include William Thomas and CORE; meetings at AME churches; Jesse Jackson's arrest; Greensboro's resistance to desegregation; the sit-down in Jefferson Square; and white response.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/2706
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Extent:
- 11" x 8.5"
- Original Collection:
- http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=350
The Robert Watson Papers, from which this item was taken, have been digitized and are available online at http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/robertwatsonpapers/collection/MSS
MSS084 Robert W. Watson Papers, 1948-1980
CRG - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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