- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Dr. John Tarpley by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Tarpley, John
- Contributor to Resource:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- 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 an oral history interview conducted by William Chafe circa 1975 with Dr. John Tarpley primarily documents Dr. Tarpley's memories as the principal of Dudley High School and aiding in the creation of the Hayes-Taylor YMCA in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tarpley describes his youth and education in Dallas, Texas, including incidents of racial discrimination, falsifying his age to enlist in the army, inequality in the military, and his job at a chemical plant. Most of the interview focuses on Tarpley's experiences as an educator in North Carolina, especially instances of racial discrimination. Topics include his initial impressions of North Carolina, his job at Bennett College's prep school, fighting for salary raises for the black prep school teachers, the use of racial terms such as colored and Negro, black public education in Greensboro, the required school curriculum for black and white students, his effort to secure equality in white and black teacher salaries, and the struggles black teachers went through to attend graduate school and obtain principal certification. Other topics include R.C. Sharp's election campaigns for the Greensboro City Council, the reputations of the KKK and the NAACP, and employment opportunities for blacks. Tarpley also describes at length the creation of the Hayes-Taylor YMCA, including Caesar Cone's support in procuring funding.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/779
- 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:
-
