- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Otis L. Hairston Jr. by Eugene Pfaff
- Creator:
- Hairston, Otis L., Jr.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Pfaff, Eugene E.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
Protest movements--United States
Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations - 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 oral history interview conducted circa 1980 by Eugene Pfaff with Otis L. Hairston Jr., Hairston primarily discusses his involvement in civil rights demonstrations as a high school student in the spring of 1963. He describes demonstrations at the Carolina Theatre and the sit-down on the square, both of which led to mass arrests, and provides details of his subsequent incarceration at the polio hospital and processing at the coliseum. Hairston also notes the role of the police, the behavior of hecklers and demonstrators, and the influence of his father.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/830
- 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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