- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Harvey B. Gantt, January 6, 1986
- Creator:
- Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Haessly, Lynn
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1986-01-06
- Subject:
- North Carolina--Politics and government
Southern States--Race relations
African American politicians--North Carolina
African American politicians--North Carolina--Charlotte
Mayors--North Carolina--Charlotte
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
College integration--South Carolina--Clemson
Civil rights movements--Southern States
African Americans--Segregation--South Carolina--Charleston
Soul City (N.C.) - People:
- Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
United States, North Carolina, Warren County, 36.39659, -78.1069
United States, North Carolina, Warren County, Soul City, 36.40848, -78.27027
United States, South Carolina, Anderson County, 34.51909, -82.63788
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson, 34.68344, -82.83737 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Architect and politician Harvey Gantt describes his ascent from a childhood in segregated Charleston, South Carolina, to becoming the first black mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Along the way, Gantt led sit-ins in Charleston, integrated Clemson University, and became a successful architect in Charlotte. While he describes his career path, Gantt discusses civil rights in the American South. As a southerner, he sees the accomplishments of the civil rights movement as dramatic; as a member of the black middle class, he leans toward negotiation rather than revolt. After the movement's major successes, while northern activists were pushing for more change, Gantt sought to take advantage of his new opportunities. He sees his success both resulting from and contributing to civil rights for African Americans.
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/C-0008/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Title from menu page (viewed on October 29, 2008).
Interview participants: Harvey B. Gantt, interviewee; Lynn Haessly, interviewer.
Duration: 01:14:43.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers. - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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