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Oral History Interview with Walter Johnson Jr. by William Chafe

Collection:: Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
Title:: Oral History Interview with Walter Johnson Jr. by William Chafe
Creator:: Johnson, Walter T., Jr.
Contributor to Resource:: Chafe, William H., 1942-
Publisher:: Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
Date of Original:: 1978
Subject:: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
School integration--United States
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration
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 1978 with Walter Johnson Jr. primarily documents Johnson's membership on the Greensboro school board in the 1970s. Topics include the 1971 integration of schools and controversy surrounding the board's decisions; the role of Owen Lewis; board members Dick Hunter, Al Lineberry, Carson Bain, and Otis Hairston; school zoning; competency testing; bringing black and white children to equal education levels; and changing perceptions of race in younger generations. Other topics include the cafeteria workers' strike; Greensboro's focus on what's good for business and business leaders' control of city politics; changes in race relations and methods of protest in Greensboro since the fifties; the Greensboro Men's Club; and the role of black universities in Greensboro.
Metadata URL:: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/742
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
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