- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Robert L. Glenn
- Creator:
- Glenn, Robert L., 1921-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1987-04-16
- Subject:
- School principals--North Carolina--Greensboro
Teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Grimsley High School (Greensboro, N.C.)
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregationists--North Carolina--Greensboro
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
School superintendents--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Glenn, Robert L., 1921-
- 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 Robert Glenn describes his years as assistant principal and principal at Grimsley High School and his experiences during school desegregation efforts in Greensboro. He recalls Josephine Boyd, the first black to attend an all-white school in Greensboro, and describes what measures were taken to ensure her safety throughout that year. He also discusses the response of the Ku Klux Klan and other segregationists, the first integrated meetings of school personnel, the attitude and actions of the school board, and the role of Superintendent Ben Smith.
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%3A52
- 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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