- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with George Breathett by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Breathett, George
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.)
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Protest movements--United States
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations - 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 1975 with George Breathett primarily documents Breathett's recollections of Bennett College during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the role of its students and faculty in the 1960 sit-ins and 1964 desegregation protests. Topics include Eleanor Roosevelt's controversial visit to Bennett College, why Bennett College was better suited than other local colleges to support activism, women being less susceptible to violence, the jailing of Bennett students and faculty at the polio hospital in 1963, instructing women to dress well when protesting, supportive white faculty members, the black Catholic community, Edwin Edmonds' role in the movement, and Dr. William Hampton.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/758
- 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:
-
