- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with J. Kenneth Lee
- Creator:
- Lee, J. Kenneth (John Kenneth), 1923-
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- African American law students--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Law students--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
African American lawyers--North Carolina
Lawyers--North Carolina
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina
Civil rights workers--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina
Segregation--North Carolina
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina
Race discrimination--North Carolina
North Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century
Greensboro--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Lee, J. Kenneth (John Kenneth), 1923-2018
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Durham County, 36.036, -78.87632
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history in which J. Kenneth Lee discusses his experiences as a plaintiff in the lawsuit that integrated UNC and subsequently as a law student there. He describes what it was like to be an African American attorney in the 1950s and 1960s, several specific cases and other black attorneys, and the role of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He also describes his involvement in the integration of Greensboro theaters, and why he stopped his involvement with civil rights issues.
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%3A80
- 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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