- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- [Speech by Benjamin L. Smith to the Kiwanis Club]
- Creator:
- Smith, Benjamin Lee
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
School integration - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- speeches (compositions)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This is a transcript of a speech given by Greensboro school superintendent, Benjamin L. Smith, to the Kiwanis Club of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, at the celebration of their thirtieth anniversary in 1954. In the speech, Smith calls upon the Kiwanis to support the public school system during the time of adjustment after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, and argues in favor of desegregation. The typed transcript features handwritten marginal notes presumably by Smith.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/566
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Extent:
- 8.5" x 11"
- Original Collection:
- http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/smithbenjaminlee/
RL.01210 Benjamin Lee Smith Papers
CRG - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
-
