- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Warmoth T. Gibbs
- Creator:
- Gibbs, Warmoth T.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1977-05-17
- Subject:
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University--Employees
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University--Accreditation
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University--Buildings
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American universities and colleges--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
College students--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars in Negro Schools (U.S.)
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes - People:
- Gibbs, Warmoth T.
- 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 Warmoth Gibbs primarily discusses the history of North Carolina A&T State University. Specific topics and events include the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on the school, a post-war building boom in 1955, and receiving accreditation in 1959. Gibbs also discusses the sit-ins and demonstrations of the early 1960s, especially his handling of A&T students' participation. The interview also describes the history of and Gibbs' participation in organizations such as the National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars in Negro Colleges and the Association of Negro Colleges and Secondary Schools.
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%3A50
- 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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