- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Cardes Brown
- Creator:
- Brown, Cardes H.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1989-02-22
- Subject:
- Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Nonviolence--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Religion - People:
- Brown, Cardes H.
- 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 Cardes H. Brown primarily discusses his experiences with segregation as a youth, and general race relations in North Carolina and in Greensboro. He also talks about his personal call to ministry, the role of the black church in the community, and the importance of nonviolent strategies. Brown also notes responses to the Review Commission report on the November 3, 1979 incident, and the aftermath of the event on the city.
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%3A24
- 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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