- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with William Culp, February 19, 1999
- Creator:
- Culp, William B. A., 1943?-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Grundy, Pamela
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1999-02-19
- Subject:
- Teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century
School integration--North Carolina--Charlotte
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations
Schools--North Carolina--Charlotte
Teachers--North Carolina--20th century
West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Public schools--North Carolina--Charlotte
Race relations in school management--North Carolina--Charlotte - People:
- Culp, William B. A., 1943?-
- 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:
- William Culp Jr. describes his experiences as a white teacher in post-desegregation Charlotte, North Carolina. Culp spent only one semester at West Charlotte High School, but the school left an impression on him. Culp describes a relatively harmonious school where students and teachers were committed to maintaining an aura of respect and cooperation between black and white students, teachers, and administrators. Their efforts appear to have been successful. His experience at West Charlotte, in combination with his upbringing and a stint in the army, left Culp a strong believer in racial diversity and an advocate for interracial cooperation. While optimistic, Culp thinks that progress toward a "color-blind" society is slow.
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-0277/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 00:49:44
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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