- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Vance H. Chavis by Eugene Pfaff
- Creator:
- Chavis, Vance H.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Pfaff, Eugene E.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1979-11-21
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Segregation in education--United States
School integration
Race relations
Segregation - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In this transcript of a November 21, 1979 oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with Vance H. Chavis, Chavis discusses his memories of race relations in Greensboro, communication between the black and white communities, and his support of the local civil rights movement. He describes segregrated Greensboro facilities such as the train station, movie theaters, and pool, as well as the integration of the police department and YMCA. Other subjects include Chavis' work with local organizations and his experiences as teacher at Dudley High School, especially the inequity in funding for black schools like Dudley. Chavis also talks about African-Americans' voting behavior, inability to receive equal pay, and reaction to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/811
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
OH001 Greensboro Voices Collection - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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