- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Sarah Herbin
- Creator:
- Herbin, Sarah, 1916-2003
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-12-14
- Subject:
- African Americans--Employment--North Carolina--Greensboro
American Friends Service Committee--Employees
Governors--North Carolina
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Women social reformers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American clergy--North Carolina--Greensboro
Clergy--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Herbin, Sarah, 1916-2003
Johns, Ralph, 1916-1997 - 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 Sarah Herbin primarily discusses her experiences promoting nontraditional employment of African Americans as a staff member of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Greensboro and in North Carolina Governor Sanford's administration during the 1950s and 1960s. She also mentions her work with local groups such as the Interracial Commission and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the role of ministers and other African Americans to the sit-in movement, local race relations, involvement of women in the movement, and Ralph Johns.
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%3A61
- 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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