- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with William Thomas Jr. (Part 1)
- Creator:
- Thomas, William A., 1943-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1979-07-05
- Subject:
- 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
Congress of Racial Equality
Race relations
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Greensboro (N.C.)--Politics and government
Businessmen--North Carolina--Greensboro
Businessmen--North Carolina--Greensboro--Attitudes
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro--Attitudes
Civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civic leaders--North Carolina--Greensboro - People:
- Thomas, William A., 1943-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Thomas provides details of the formation of the Greensboro chapter of CORE and the primary figures involved. He primarily discusses the group's strategies, planning, administration, and activities, and the outcomes these events had on the participants and the city. He also discusses attitudes and activities of local political and business leaders, and explains how this affected negotiations and race relations.
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%3A134
- 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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