- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Willa V. Robinson, January 14, 2004
- Creator:
- Robinson, Willa V., 1930-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Maynor, Malinda M.
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2004-01-14
- Subject:
- North Carolina--Race relations--20th century
Robeson County (N.C.)--Race relations
African Americans--North Carolina--History--20th century
Civil rights--North Carolina
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--History--20th century
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Robeson County
Robeson County (N.C.)--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Robeson County
Maxton (N.C.)--Race relations
School integration--North Carolina--Maxton
African Americans--North Carolina--Maxton
African Americans--North Carolina--Maxton--Social life and customs--20th century
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Maxton
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Maxton - People:
- Robinson, Willa V., 1930-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Robeson County, 34.64009, -79.10353
United States, North Carolina, Robeson County, Maxton, 34.73516, -79.34893 - Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- This interview reveals a variety of responses to the integration process in one southern town. Willa V. Robinson describes the integration process in Maxton, North Carolina. Robinson, who grew up poor in this small town in eastern North Carolina, attended all-black schools, and her children were among the last students in the area to attend segregated schools. The Maxton area has a significant Native American population, but their presence did not seem to complicate the integration process or many whites' response to it. Some whites responded by burning down a black school, but most simply pulled their children from public schools. The legacy of this flight is underfunded public schools.
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-0014/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 01:16:04
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
-
