- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Robert Lee Mangum, November 18, 2003
- Creator:
- Mangum, Robert Lee
- Contributor to Resource:
- Maynor, Malinda M.
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2003-11-18
- Subject:
- North Carolina--Race relations--20th century
Robeson County (N.C.)--Race relations
Robeson County (N.C.)--Social conditions
Civil rights--North Carolina
Methodist Church--Clergy--North Carolina
Political activists--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--History--20th century
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Robeson County
Indians of North America--North Carolina--Robeson County
Indians of North America--Civil rights--North Carolina--History--20th century
Robeson County (N.C.)--History--20th century - People:
- Mangum, Robert Lee
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Robeson County, 34.64009, -79.10353
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Robert Lee Mangum offers his relatively measured, diplomatically delivered take on events in Robeson County, North Carolina, in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. While Mangum sometimes seems to choose his words carefully, he clearly feels passionately about the causes he participated in over decades of activism motivated by his Christian faith: opposing double voting, registering voters, and working against poverty. He registers a number of successes in this interview, but remains committed to continuing his fight against the effects of racism as well as other social problems such as drug abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and poverty.
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/U-0008/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:34:16.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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