- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with John Love, February 17, 1999
- Creator:
- Love, John W., 1960?-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Grundy, Pamela
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1999-02-17
- Subject:
- School integration--North Carolina--Charlotte
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte--Attitudes
West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.) - People:
- Love, John W., 1960?-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- The dynamic John W. Love Jr. offers his thoughts on the history and culture of West Charlotte High School. Integration was no longer a significant issue by the time Love entered high school (he was in third grade when the process began), but Love, who is an African American, remembers the integration process and offers his thoughts on its long-term effects. Love, an actor, speaks with a great deal of elan about the remarkable cultural diversity of West Charlotte, but also the disagreements created by that diversity. Despite some problems, Love left West Charlotte with a strong sense of belonging.
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/K-0172/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:17:09
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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