- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Katie Dorsett
- Creator:
- Dorsett, Katie Grays, 1932-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1990-05-30
- Subject:
- African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Women college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American universities and colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race riots--North Carolina--Greensboro
James B. Dudley High School (Greensboro, N.C.)
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
Greensboro (N.C.)--Politics and government
Social change--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Dorsett, Katie Grays, 1932-
- 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 Katie Dorsett primarily discusses her experiences while at North Carolina A&T State University, including the racial and socioeconomic demography of Greensboro, the 1960 sit-ins, the desegregation and integration of Greensboro schools, and the 1969 riot at Dudley High School and at North Carolina A&T State University. She also provides her observations on paternalism, race relations, and integration in the community and in the workforce.
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%3A35
- 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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