- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Al Lineberry by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Lineberry, Albert S., Sr.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1974-12-17
- Subject:
- School integration--United States
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
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 December 17, 1974, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Al Lineberry primarily documents Lineberry's activities on the Greensboro school board and Chamber of Commerce during the controversy over school integration in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Lineberry shares his first impressions of Greensboro and its school board, recalls serving on the Buncombe School Board in 1954, and discusses Ben Smith's reaction to the Brown v. Board of Education decision. He provides his opinion on the progress of desegregation from the late 1950s through the 1960s, and focuses on court-ordered integration, particularly the aftermath of the 1971 Charlotte/Mecklenburg decision. Topics include busing, the involvement of HEW, formation of the Concerned Citizens for Education, the role of the chamber of commerce; a speech he made on school integration; and a meeting with parents from Page High School. Lineberry also discusses black membership in the chamber of commerce; cell discussion groups on race; and important chamber members. Throughout the interview Lineberry shares his religious motivations, his personal convictions on race relations and equality, his reasons for being involved in civic activities, and his experiences of helping people change their mindsets.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/745
- 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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