- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Otis L. Hairston Sr.
- Creator:
- Hairston, Otis L.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-06-01
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American clergy--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Greensboro (N.C.)--Politics and government
Race relations - People:
- Hairston, Otis L.
- 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 Otis Hairston Sr. discusses his involvement in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina. This primarily includes his involvement with the Coordinating Committee, strategies utilized during the protests of 1960 and 1963, and his work the school board during integration in the 1970s. He also discusses educational policies, communication between the black community and political leaders, black employment and housing, role of the police and various community leaders, and the future of black leadership and education in Greensboro.
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%3A56
- 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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