- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with David Helberg
- Creator:
- Helberg, David T., 1917-2006
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1989-04-12
- Subject:
- Sternberger Elementary School (Greensboro, N.C.)
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
Elementary school principals--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Music teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Busing for school integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Helberg, David T., 1917-2006
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Helberg discusses the effects of Brown v. Board of Education on Greensboro school teachers and administrators. He describes the process of integration, the attitudes of white teachers toward black students, changes in the curricula and teaching styles to meet the new needs, and efforts he made at Sternberger Elementary to involve minority parents after busing began in 1971.
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%3A60
- 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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