- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Sol Jacobs by William Link
- Creator:
- Jacobs, Sol Max
- Contributor to Resource:
- Link, William
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1986-12-09
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations
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 December 9, 1986, oral history interview conducted by William Link with Sol Jacobs, Jacobs recalls race relations in Jim Crow Greensboro in the 1950s and the general sentiment of people concerning desegregation. He describes the action of the school board regarding integration, the role of the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens' Council, and the political environment of Greensboro in the 1950s. Jacobs also discusses the Chamber of Commerce and its individual members, as well as his own involvement. Other topics include his views on the positive changes of integration and the areas he believes remain unchanged.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/840
- 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:
-
