- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with William Snider by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Snider, William D.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1974-12-19
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
School integration - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This transcript of a December 19, 1974, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with William Snider primarily documents Snider's recollection of school desegregation in Greensboro, North Carolina. Topics include a meeting at Snider's home following the Brown v. Board of Education decision; "collusion" with newspaper editors from Winston-Salem and Charlotte; the delay in implementation of school desegregation; token desegregation; backlash against desegregation, including having a cross burned on his lawn; white supremacy groups in Greensboro; local leadership; and Benjamin Smith and Edward Hudgins.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/774
- 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:
-
