- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Edwin Caldwell, March 2, 2001
- Creator:
- Caldwell, Edwin, 1935-
- Contributor to Resource:
- White, Oliver (Oliver Gordon)
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2001-03-02
- Subject:
- African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Politics and government
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Race relations
Church of Reconciliation (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
African American politicians--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (N.C.). Board of Education - People:
- Caldwell, Edwin, 1935-
Lee, Howard, 1934- - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Orange County, 36.0613, -79.1206
United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Edwin Caldwell Jr. describes a lifetime of civil rights activism and political involvement. A natural political organizer, Caldwell helped Howard Lee become the first black mayor of Chapel Hill. Despite losing a number of his own campaigns for office, Caldwell enjoyed a growing reputation as a political force in North Carolina. This reputation earned him a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board and various others positions of influence. Caldwell discusses the mechanics behind some of these positions and the influence of his race on his political life.
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-0202/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 02:59:20
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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