- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ullysses Lee Jr.
- Creator:
- Lee, Ulysses Ralph, 1943-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-07-29
- Subject:
- Congress of Racial Equality
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Police--North Carolina--Greensboro
Picketing--North Carolina--Greensboro
Arrest--North Carolina--Greensboro
Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Lee, Ulysses Ralph, 1943-
Laizner, Elizabeth, 1915-2004
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Dowdy, Lewis C. (Lewis Carnegie) - 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 Ulysses Lee primarily discusses the history, strategies, and activities of the Greensboro CORE chapter, which he led in 1963-1964. Other topics include the role of the adult black community, police, Elizabeth Laizner, Jesse Jackson, and Lewis Dowdy in demonstrations. Lee also provides details of the 1963 picketing and mass arrests at the S&W cafeteria and Center Theater.
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%3A79
- 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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