- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jim Schlosser
- Creator:
- Schlosser, Jim
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1990-01-30
- Subject:
- African Americans--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Segregation--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Greensboro
School integration--North Carolina--Greensboro
Social change--North Carolina--Greensboro
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights--North Carolina--Greensboro
Reporters and reporting--North Carolina--Greensboro
Black Panther Party
Black power--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Schlosser, Jim
- 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 Jim Schlosser primarily discusses the segregated racial climate while growing up in Greensboro, N.C., and later during the desegregation of local schools and businesses in the late 1960s. He also discusses his work for the Greensboro News and Record, the role of area Black Panthers and Malcolm X, and racial aspects of local politics and education in the 1980s.
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%3A117
- 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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