- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Elizabeth Laizner
- Creator:
- Laizner, Elizabeth, 1915-2004
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-06-19
- Subject:
- College teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Congress of Racial Equality
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Women social reformers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Laizner, Elizabeth, 1915-2004
- 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 Dr. Elizabeth Laizner provides details concerning formation of the Congress of Racial Equality, including the primary figures involved and their roles. She describes in detail several of the major marches, pickets, and various other events that occurred, including those that led to her arrest. She also explains the planning, training, and strategies it took to prepare for them.
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%3A77
- 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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