- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Henry and Shirley Frye
- Creator:
- Frye, Henry Ell
- Contributor to Resource:
- Frye, Shirley Taylor
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1977-01-04
- Subject:
- African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--History--20th century
Greensboro (N.C.)--Politics and government
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
African American judges--North Carolina
Judges--North Carolina
African American legislators--North Carolina
Legislators--North Carolina
Voting--North Carolina
African Americans--North Carolina
African Americans--Suffrage--North Carolina
Capital punishment--North Carolina
Young Women Christian Association
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Frye, Henry Ell
Frye, Shirley Taylor - 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 Justice Frye primarily discusses his tenure in the General Assembly, especially election policy issues such as repealing the literacy test for voter registration and minority representation on municipal and the University of North Carolina system boards. He also discusses the death penalty, tenant/landlord protective legislation, and his impact as the first black North Carolina legislator since Reconstruction. Other notable topics include the Greensboro National Bank and role of black business in the community. Mrs. Frye discusses her work with the YWCA in 1969, the Human Relations Advisory Committee during school integration of 1970-71, special and gifted education in Greensboro, and activities as a wife of a N.C. state legislator.
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%3A48
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Greensboro Public Library (Greensboro, N.C.)
- Rights: