- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Lewis Dowdy by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Dowdy, Lewis C.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1975-01-21
- Subject:
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
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 January 21, 1975, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with Lewis Dowdy primarily covers Dowdy's tenure at North Carolina A&T and membership in the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce in the sixties. Topics related to A&T include his recollection of the February 1960 sit-ins and the students' influences; being told it was better for black leaders in education not to become involved in Greensboro politics; Governor Luther Hodges' visit to A&T and the students' protest during his speech; president Ferdinand Bluford; the difficulty in supporting civil rights activism when dependent on state funding, and how it led most school leaders to little or discrete action. Other topics include Dowdy's childhood and education near Eastover, South Carolina; his first impression of Greensboro; Dr. John Tarpley and the integration of Grimsley High School; Ed Zane and Hal Seiber; Dowdy's pioneering role in the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce; and pressure on the chamber from both sides.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/763
- 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:
-
