- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Interview with Ralph Johns
- Creator:
- Johns, Ralph, 1916-1997
- Date of Original:
- 1979-01-17
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Businessmen--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
F.W. Woolworth Company
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college students--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Congress of Racial Equality
Direct action--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Johns, Ralph, 1916-1997
McNeil, Joseph (Joseph Alfred), 1942- - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Interview in which Ralph Johns discusses his role in initiating the February 1, 1960 sit-in and his experiences during the following months of demonstrations. He provides his opinion on race in America, the role of Greensboro in the civil rights movement, and city and civil rights leaders.
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. - Local Identifier:
- OH0001.062
oh:72 - Metadata URL:
- https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/oh%3A72
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
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