- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jim Melvin
- Creator:
- Melvin, Edwin Samuel, 1933-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1987-11-18
- Subject:
- Mayors--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race riots--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century - People:
- Melvin, Edwin Samuel, 1933-
- 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 Edwin Samuel "Jim" Melvin primarily discusses the 1969 incident at North Carolina A&T State University and the November 3, 1979 shootings. Other topics include his youth in Greensboro, role of activism in the city's history, at-large versus district system, constructing the metro sewer plant, and local race relations.
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%3A99
- 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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