- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with Edward Zane by William Chafe
- Creator:
- Zane, Edward Raymond
- 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:
- 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 transcript of an oral history interview conducted by William Chafe circa 1975 with Edward Zane primarily documents Zane's work as the chairman of the Human Relations Committee during the 1960 sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina. Topics include fearing white violence during the sit-ins; the mayor and city council's reluctance to become involved in the conflict; his attempt to resign from the council and subsequent appointment as chairman the Human Relations Commission; contacting and meeting with black students; his attempts to forge compromise, work within the law, and discourage violence; militant ministers' opinions; resistance from business leaders; and his opinions of the protesters and the Human Relations Commission. Zane also discusses public swimming pool desegregation in Greensboro, including Spencer Love's purchase of a pool for the black community and the Hayes-Taylor YMCA pool. Other topics include Zane's involvement in redevelopment of black slums in the 1950s and the lack of legal basis for lunch counter discrimination.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/789
- 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:
-
