- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Owen Lewis (Part 2)
- Creator:
- Lewis, Owen D., 1925-2007
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1988-12-05
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro--Public opinion
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro--Public opinion
Teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
School principals--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race riots--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Lewis, Owen D., 1925-2007
- 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 Owen Lewis provides details into the pressures on Greensboro to desegregate the schools and the actions of superintendents and boards to design and implement a plan. He describes the attitudes of the principals and teachers, some specific problems with school integration, and why the plan was unfair to students in certain parts of the city. Lewis also discusses the May 1969 riot at Dudley High School and NC A&T in detail.
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%3A84
- 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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