- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Ike English by William Chafe
- Creator:
- English, Ike
- 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:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
Segregation
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 Ike English primarily documents English's memories of race relations in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the late 1950s and 1960s. Of particular interest is English's description of hiring the first black secretary at Burlington Industries. He also recalls blacks attending church services at West Market Street United Methodist Church, pastor Charles Bowles' pro-integration sermons, the response of church members including Eugene Hood to desegregation, and general church participation in race relations. Other topics include his first impressions of Greensboro, his son attending Greensboro Senior High the year Josephine Boyd was there, conservatives in Greensboro, the tendency of Greensboro's larger businesses to be liberal, and the closing of city pools at the threat of desegregation.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/729
- 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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