- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Gloria Register Jeter, December 23, 2000
- Creator:
- Jeter, Gloria Register, 1952-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Gilgor, Bob
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2000-12-23
- Subject:
- Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Race relations
School integration--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Lincoln High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Segregation in education--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
African American students--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
African American students--Civil rights--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Upward bound math-science program - People:
- Jeter, Gloria Register, 1952-
- 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:
- Gloria Register Jeter, who attended segregated and integrated public schools in Chapel Hill, recalls the damage visited on the black community by integration. Integration was a "mess," she argues, pointing out that when black and white schools merged, black traditions often did not survive the process. Student protests managed to restore some of Lincoln High School's traditions to the new Chapel Hill High School, but according to Jeter, the legacies of institutionalized racism are permanent. This interview reveals some of the frustration black students felt during the integration process and their efforts to fix enduring inequalities in day-to-day academic life. Jeter tells the story of black students involved in a constant struggle for respect and recognition.
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-0549/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:24:36
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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