- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Edwin Edmonds by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Edmonds, Edwin R.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.)
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
Race relations
Civil rights workers--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 conducted by William Chafe circa 1975 with Edwin Edmonds primarily documents Edmonds' civil rights activities while at Bennett College and as president of the Greensboro NAACP. He recalls Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to Bennett College; Willa Player; blacklisting of the NAACP members and getting fired himself; NAACP leadership; NAACP Youth Fellowship; and being protected from the Ku Klux Klan. Edmonds also provides his opinions of Dr. John Tarpley, Dr. William Hampton, and Ben Smith; his opinion of several white academicians and so-called allies; approaching the school board; getting a new gym for Dudley High School; increased police presence at black gatherings; the position of several black and white clergy; and his prior involvement in civil rights activities.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/727
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Original Collection:
- http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/chafe/
RL.00207 William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection
CRG - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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