- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Joanne Bluethenthal by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Bluethenthal, Joanne Kapnek
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1977-07-13
- Subject:
- School integration--United States
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 July 13, 1977, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Joanne Bluethenthal primarily documents Ms. Bluethenthal's involvement in school integration in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bluethenthal gives her first impressions of Greensboro and discusses becoming involved in community organizations, especially in the arena of public housing and daycare and with the Council of Jewish Women. Most of the interview focuses on efforts to effectively integrate of schools from 1969 to 1972, including forming the Human Relations Advisory Committee for the school board; her personal efforts to interview members of the community about the education system; retreats held; specific activities such as staffing information centers, putting aides on buses, having open houses and advertising campaigns; the role of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and school board; support from local corporations; the work of Doris Hutchinson with PTAs; and groups in favor of and in opposition to school desegregation. Other topics include the threat of violence, community opinion of Hal Sieber, and the Greensboro Community Fellowship.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/755
- 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:
-
