- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Charles Davis
- Creator:
- Davis, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1915-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1983-06-19
- Subject:
- American Friends Service Committee
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - People:
- Davis, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1915-
- 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 Charles E. Davis discusses his experience as a staff member of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and describes the organization's mission, purpose, and work during the civil rights movement in Greensboro, and especially concerning school desegregation. He also mentions the role of and his participation in other organizations including the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Greensboro Citizens Association, and Coordinating Committee.
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%3A34
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights:
-
