- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with John Richmond
- Creator:
- Richmond, John F., 1919-1987
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1978-01-29
- Subject:
- Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Sit-ins--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Nonviolence--North Carolina--Greensboro
Direct action--North Carolina--Greensboro
Police--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Richmond, John F., 1919-1987
- 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 Richmond discusses race relations in Greensboro, his support for the sit-in movement, and the role of his son, David Richmond, as part of the Greensboro Four. He mentions the recognition of the sit-ins and his son's contribution to the civil rights movement, black community support for nonviolent demonstrations, and the response of the Greensboro Police Department.
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%3A113
- 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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