- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Cecil Bishop
- Creator:
- Bishop, Cecil, Rev.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1985-02-05
- Subject:
- African American clergy--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Congress of Racial Equality - People:
- Bishop, Cecil, Rev.
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history in which Cecil Bishop discusses his impressions of Greensboro, his work with students and local organizations, and the communication between the black and white communities. Other topics include the 1963 march in the Jefferson Square, and the incidents in 1969 at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University. He also provides his reaction to Civilities and Civil Rights and History of CORE: A Study in the Civil Rights Movement.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/oh%3A19
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights:
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