- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Beatrice M. Folger
- Creator:
- Folger, Beatrice M., 1903-1998
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1986-12-05
- Subject:
- YWCA
Women social reformers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations - People:
- Folger, Beatrice M., 1903-1998
Jackson, William H., 1915-1993 - 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 interview in which Beatrice M. Folger primarily discusses her involvement with the YWCA and other integrated groups in the 1950s and 1960s. She describes interracial meetings, cultural events, and clubs, and the roles these played in opening up dialogue between blacks and whites. Folger also talks about the role of some specific local citizens, including Ethel Troy, Warren Ashby, and Capt. William Jackson. Other topics include treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, C-SPAN, and Clan of the Cave Bear.
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%3A42
- 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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