- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Cecil Bishop by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Bishop, Cecil
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1977-10-13
- Subject:
- Black power
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Protest movements--United States
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
School integration--United States
Civil rights demonstration--North Carolina--Greensboro
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:
- In this October 13, 1977, interview conducted by William Chafe with Cecil Bishop, Bishop discusses his membership in the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, the makeup of the chamber, its role in stabilizing Mike Fleming's involvement, and Hal Sieber's ability to manipulate people. He also describes his involvement with the Community Unity Council and the Human Relations Commission, and the way those organizations interacted with other groups including the Greensboro Association of Poor People (GAPP) and radical student groups. Other topics include the Dudley High School/A&T protest and Mayor Carson Bain's response, busing and integration, blacks' wariness of philanthropic whites, the generation gap in the late 1960s Greensboro protest movement, housing issues and strikes. Other individuals and institutions discussed include Malcolm X Liberation University, John Marshall Kilimanjaro and the Carolina Peacemaker, Cecil Rouson, Nelson Johnson, McNeill Smith, Ralph Johns, Henry Frye, and Dr. George Evans.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/752
- 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:
-
