- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Janet C. Boyte
- Creator:
- Ferguson, Janet Boyte
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-31
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--North Carolina
Women social reformers--North Carolina
American Friends Service Committee
Newspapers--Employees
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Freedom Rides, 1961
Civil rights movements--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Ferguson, Janet Boyte
- 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 interview with Janet C. Boyte in which she primarily discusses the career and civil rights activities of her husband, Harry Boyte, especially his employment with various newspapers, the Red Cross, and with the American Friends Service Committee in High Point; using their Charlotte home as a shelter for Freedom Riders and allies of Robert Williams in Monroe, NC; and participation in Greensboro demonstrations. Other topics include Mrs. Boyte's work with the Greensboro YWCA and her son's civil right activities.
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%3A22
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights: