- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Sarah Mendenhall Brown by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Brown, Sarah Mendenhall
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1974-07-14
- Subject:
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations
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 July 14, 1974, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Sarah Mendenhall Brown covers Ms. Brown's recollections of school desegregation while she was a member of the Greensboro School Board in the 1950s. Brown describes the school board's preparation for and reaction to the 1954 Brown decision, its reasons for denying transfer requests from black students and delaying implementation of desegregation, the Pearson Street Elementary-Caldwell Elementary court case, white flight in Greensboro, and the more recent school integration and busing. Other topics include Brown's interactions with black people through the YWCA, the end of the ward system in Greensboro, white response to the sit-ins, the YWCA and church involvement in the sit-ins and business desegregation, community business leaders, and leaders in the black community.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/759
- 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:
-
