- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Neil McGill
- Creator:
- McGill, Neil, 1913-1988
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Multiplex theaters--North Carolina
Civic leaders--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- McGill, Neil, 1913-1988
- 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 Neil McGill discusses demonstrations held at the Carolina Theatre, their effects on business, and the outcomes after desegregation. He recalls encounters with demonstrators and incidents between blacks whites after desegregation occurred. He discusses the trials of those arrested, tactics employed by segregated businesses to try and satisfy the blacks, and the committees appointed to handle the situation in Greensboro.
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%3A94
- 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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