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Oral History Interview with Joseph McNeil by William Chafe

Collection:: Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
Title:: Oral History Interview with Joseph McNeil by William Chafe
Creator:: McNeil, Joseph
Contributor to Resource:: Chafe, William H., 1942-
Publisher:: Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
Date of Original:: 1978
Subject:: Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
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 transcript of a 1978 interview conducted by William Chafe with Joseph McNeil primarily documents McNeil's participation in the 1960 Woolworth's sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina. Topics include his surprise at not being arrested the first day of the sit-ins; turning to other local colleges for support; the participation of female students; financial support from the black community; the role of Edward Zane; waiting for the community response; assumption the sit-ins would end when students left in the summer; arrests in April; having no one leader; and avoiding becoming "personalities" in the movement. McNeil also denies both the influence of Gandhi and his total committment to nonviolence, but briefly describes his childhood; the influence of teachers in black high schools; participating in a boycott of Pepsi-Cola during high school; an experience at a concert motivating him to become more involved in nonviolent civil rights protest in Greensboro; and the support of Ralph Johns. Of the 1963 demonstrations, McNeil mentions the importance of the economic boycott and filling the jails as a tactical method.
Metadata URL:: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/767
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
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