- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Joe Knox by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Knox, Joseph H.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1977-06-17
- Subject:
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Protest movements--United States
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations
Race relations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This June 17, 1977, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Joe Knox primarily documents Knox's recollections of the 1963 protests and race relations in Greensboro while he was a staff writer at the Greensboro Daily News. Topics concerning business desegregation in Greensboro include Captain William Jackson; William Thomas and Jesse Jackson's leadership skills; the role of McNeill Smith, mayor David Schenck, and George Simkins; his impression of Armistead Sapp; the response of Bennett and A&T administrations to demonstrations by their students; the symbolic importance of the S&W Cafeteria's integration; and the 1963 sit-down in Jefferson Square. Other topics include Knox's first assignment to the police beat; the beginning of civil rights protests in Greensboro; being the only person present to greet Martin Luther King Jr. at the airport; George Dorsett's role as an FBI informant in the Klan; the delay in desegregating schools; the power structure in Greensboro; church leaders in the black community; other prominent community members; and the newspaper's involvement with the black community.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/744
- 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:
-
