- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Vance H. Chavis (Part 2)
- Creator:
- Chavis, Vance H., 1906-1998
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1989-05-03
- Subject:
- Science teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American school principals--North Carolina--Greensboro
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American political activists--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
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in transportation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Social integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
James B. Dudley High School (Greensboro, N.C.)
Voting--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Politics and government--History--20th century
City council members--North Carolina--Greensboro - 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 Vance Chavis primarily discusses his experiences as an African American educator in Greensboro. Specific topics include the effects of school segregation on students and teachers, such as inequalities of funding and salaries; the desegregation of Greensboro schools and its aftermath; and the roles and perspectives of school board members. He also discusses segregation of other public facilities, civil rights activities of students in the 1960s, and the support provided by the adult black and white communities. Other topics include Chavis' tenure on the city council and local issues of interest in the 1980s.
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%3A30
- 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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