- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jack Moebes
- Creator:
- Moebes, John G., 1911-2002
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1997-12-17
- Subject:
- Photographers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Reporters and reporting--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) - People:
- Moebes, John G., 1911-2002
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Moebes primarily recounts his experiences as a photographer of civil rights activities in Greensboro, including the February 1, 1960, sit-in, subsequent demonstrations, and the desegregation of Gillespie and Sumner schools. He also describes a run-in with a Klansman, details of the history of the Greensboro newspapers, and particulars of cameras.
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%3A103
- 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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