- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Elizabeth Wheaton by William Link
- Creator:
- Wheaton, Elizabeth
- Contributor to Resource:
- Link, William
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1988-03-24
- Subject:
- Greensboro Massacre, Greensboro, N.C., 1979
Massacres--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 a March 24, 1988, oral history interview conducted by William Link with Elizabeth Wheaton, Ms. Wheaton discusses the November 3, 1979 shootout between the Ku Klux Klan and the Communist Workers Party, including her analysis of why the shootings took place, the reactions of the police department and other parties involved, and the outcomes of the resulting trials. She also discusses civil rights and race relations in Greensboro after the shootings occurred.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/901
- 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:
-
