- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Henry and Shirley Frye by Eugene Pfaff
- Creator:
- Frye, Henry Ell
- Contributor to Resource:
- Pfaff, Eugene E.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1977-01-04
- Subject:
- School integration--United States
Race relations
School integration - 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 January 4, 1977, oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with Henry and Shirley Frye, Justice Frye primarily discusses his tenure in the General Assembly, especially election policy issues such as repealing the literacy test for voter registration and minority representation on municipal and University of North Carolina system boards. He also discusses the death penalty, tenant/landlord protective legislation, and his impact as the first black North Carolina legislator since Reconstruction. Other notable topics include the Greensboro National Bank and role of black business in the community. Mrs. Frye discusses her work with the YWCA in 1969, the Human Relations Advisory Committee during school integration of 1970-71, special and gifted education in Greensboro, and activities as a wife of a North Carolina state legislator.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/919
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Original Collection:
- CRG
OH001 Greensboro Voices Collection - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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