- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Joseph Asher by Eugene Pfaff
- Creator:
- Asher, Joseph
- Contributor to Resource:
- Pfaff, Eugene E.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1982-04-22
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
School integration
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In this transcript of an April 22, 1982, oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with Rabbi Joseph Asher, Rabbi Asher discusses some events that influenced his involvement in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, including the University of Alabama and Little Rock High School desegregation battles and his own experience as a Jew in Nazi Germany. He compares the activities of various civic organizations, political groups, the religious community, and specific leaders in Greensboro between 1958 and 1968, in addition to noting the role of Jewish community in the city and in the movement.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/801
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
OH001 Greensboro Voices Collection - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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