- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Colvin Leonard
- Creator:
- Leonard, Colvin Theodore, 1889-1995
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1989-05-28
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Police--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Leonard, Colvin Theodore, 1889-1995
- 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 Colvin Theodore Leonard recalls race relations in Greensboro from the late 1940s through the 1960s. He describes being at the Woolworth's lunch counter when the February 1, 1960 sit-in occurred, and how at the time it did not seem like a dramatic, historic event. He provides a few details of demonstrations and pickets, commends the police department for maintaining peace, and describes his personal relationships and experiences with blacks.
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%3A82
- 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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