- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with B. Elton Cox
- Creator:
- Cox, B. Elton (Benjamin Elton), 1931-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-05-15
- Subject:
- African American clergy--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers
Civil rights workers--United States
Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Rides, 1961
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
African American high school students--Illinois
Discrimination in restaurants--North Carolina--Greensboro
Arrest--Louisiana
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Cox, B. Elton (Benjamin Elton), 1931-2011
- 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 B. Elton Cox primarily discusses the history and activities of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and his participation in the organization; specific topics include the original Freedom Ride, Freedom Highways Project, demonstration tactics, and the Greensboro chapter. Also of interest are Cox's specific efforts, including his first demonstration in high school, his arrest in Louisiana, a noted speech, his refusal to pay taxes, and meeting with the president of McDonald's. Cox also provides his assessment of other civil rights organizations, the work of many specific community leaders, and the role of North Carolina in the 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%3A33
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights: