- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Roy Millikin
- Creator:
- Millikin, Roy C., 1912-1995
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-06-07
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
City council members--North Carolina--Greensboro
Real estate agents--North Carolina--Greensboro
Building--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Millikin, Roy C., 1912-1995
- 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 Roy Millikin recalls his experience on the Greensboro city council in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the various issues they confronted. He describes the events of the city that brought about formation of the Human Relations Commission, and refers to his recommendation of racial equality on the commission. He also briefly discusses construction of the Greensboro Coliseum and the Lake Townsend watershed.
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%3A100
- 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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