- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Hylan Lewis, January 13, 1991
- Creator:
- Lewis, Hylan
- Contributor to Resource:
- Egerton, John
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1991-01-13
- Subject:
- Southern States--Race relations
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina
African American sociologists
African Americans--Attitudes
African American universities and colleges - People:
- Lewis, Hylan
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Sociologist Hylan Lewis describes his experiences with race in the American South in the period before the civil rights movement gained momentum. Lewis witnessed an energized but still uncertain post-World War II African American community that was beginning to discuss how best to fight for equality. At the same time, white southern politicians were devising new strategies of resistance. This interview offers a broad comment on an important and often overlooked moment in civil rights history.
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:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0361/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 02:05:38
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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