- 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:
- 1976-11-09
- Subject:
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Protest movements--United States
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This transcript of a November 9, 1976, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with William Snider primarily documents Snider's recollection of the 1960 and 1963 sit-ins and school desegregation in Greensboro, North Carolina. Topics related to the sit-ins include: conservative and liberal reactions; Edward Zane's involvement; pressures from his superiors at the newspaper to not be overtly pro-desegregation; the secrecy behind the creation of the Human Relations Commission; Captain William Jackson and Jesse Jackson's relationship during the 1963 sit-ins; and McNeill Smith involvement in the '63 sit-ins. Topics related to school desegregation include newspapers that opposed the Pearsall Plan; Snider's support for it; and freedom of choice in school attendance. Additional topics include Snider's relationship to Spencer Love; Love's involvement in the community; Bennett College; Governor Luther Hodges' visit to A&T; Dr. William Hampton's election to the city council and the increase in black participation in local politics; and Greensboro's assumed progressive attitude towards desegregation.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/775
- 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:
-
