- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with George Leverett
- Creator:
- Leverett, George H.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-04-30
- Subject:
- Police--North Carolina--High Point
Men, White--North Carolina--High Point
African Americans--North Carolina--High Point
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--High Point
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--High Point
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--High Point
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--High Point
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--High Point
Passive resistance--North Carolina--High Point
Direct action--North Carolina--High Point
Nonviolence--North Carolina--High Point
Segregation--North Carolina--High Point
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--High Point
Race discrimination--North Carolina--High Point
High Point (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations - People:
- Leverett, George H.
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, 36.07945, -79.78901
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, High Point, 35.95569, -80.00532 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history in which George Leverett discusses his role as police officer during the early 1960s in High Point. He explains the tactics of demonstrators and the responses from the police. He also discusses expectations of the department and how this affected their responses to the initial demonstrations.
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%3A83
- 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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