- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Gloria Jean Howard by Eugene Pfaff
- Creator:
- Howard, Gloria Jean Blair
- Contributor to Resource:
- Pfaff, Eugene E.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1982-09-15
- Subject:
- Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.)
Race relations - 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 September 15, 1982, oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with Gloria Jean Howard, Howard describes her childhood influences, her activities with the NAACP Youth Chapter, and events that took place prior to the formation of a CORE chapter. She discusses her increased participation in recruitment and demonstrating while at Bennett, the attitudes of out-of-state students and their role in the movement, and prominent members of the black community, such as Otis Hairston, Sarah Herbin, and Marion Jones. Howard also mentions national leaders who came to Greensboro and stayed with her family, including Jesse Jackson, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Hank Thomas, and James Baldwin.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/837
- 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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