- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Willa Player
- Creator:
- Player, Willa B.
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-12-03
- Subject:
- African American college teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
College teachers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American women college administrators--North Carolina--Greensboro
Women college administrators--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American college presidents--North Carolina--Greensboro
College presidents--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.)
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Player, Willa B.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 - 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 Willa Player discusses race relations in Greensboro in throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including the role of specific African Americans and white citizens. She describes the participation of Bennett College students in demonstrations in 1960 and 1963, her support of students incarcerated at the polio hospital, the position of Dr. Lewis Dowdy and other area university administrators and faculty, and her participation in particular marches and boycotts. Other notable topics include the visits of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. to campus.
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%3A112
- 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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