- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Geneva Tisdale by Jim Schlosser
- Creator:
- Tisdale, Geneva
- Contributor to Resource:
- Schlosser, Jim
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1998
- Subject:
- Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960
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 1998 by Jim Schlosser with Geneva Tisdale, Tisdale recalls the February 1, 1960, sit-in, the larger crowds during the following days, and the eventual shut down of the counter. She recounts the day the counter first re-opened to serve blacks and whites, and her experience as one of the first three black customers to be served.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/911
- 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:
-
