- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Burnis Hackney, February 5, 2001
- Creator:
- Hackney, Burnis
- Contributor to Resource:
- Gilgor, Bob
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2001-02-05
- Subject:
- School integration--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Lincoln High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Race relations.
African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--Attitudes
African American students--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--20th century
Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.) - People:
- Hackney, Burnis
- 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:
- In 1966, Burnis Hackney was among the first African Americans to enroll in the new, integrated Chapel Hill High School (CHHS). In this interview, Hackney attempts to resolve his belief in the essential value of integration with his regret for the traditions jettisoned during the process. The process itself went relatively smoothly for Hackney, who did not experience direct racism from white students or teachers. The most difficult element of the transition was leaving the nurturing atmosphere at Lincoln High School for the academically demanding, individualistic ethos of CHHS. A sense of inevitability flows through this interview: Hackney remembers that he and other black students were resigned to the integration process, which seemed determined to move forward despite how African Americans felt about it.
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-0547/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:34:32
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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