- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Oral history interview with William Thomas Jr. (Part 2)
- Creator:
- Thomas, William A., 1943-
- Publisher:
- Greensboro Public Library Oral History Project, Greensboro Public Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-13
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Greensboro
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
Congress of Racial Equality
Greensboro (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Race discrimination--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:
- Oral history in which Bill Thomas discusses the relationships between the local CORE chapter and the national headquarters, other local organizations and committees, and among the members of the executive committee. He presents the goals of CORE, explains how these were achieved, and discusses the efforts needed to organize demonstrations and then maintain the momentum. He talks about the administrative workings of the local chapter and discusses the support for the chapter on the part of the adult black community.
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%3A136
- 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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