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Author Smith, Amanda Hilliard, 1983-

Title The Williamston freedom movement : a North Carolina town's struggle for civil rights, 1957/1970 / Amanda Hilliard Smith
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ©2014

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Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Timeline -- Part 1: People and Events -- One. Joe Cross -- Two. Sarah Small -- Three. Golden Frinks -- Four. Sheriff Raymond Rawls -- Five. Jackie Bond -- Six. The Rev. Paul Chapman -- Seven. The Rev. Bill Campbell -- Eight. W.H. Scarborough -- Nine. Richard "Gene" Rogers -- Ten. Coach Herman Boone -- Part 2: Oral Histories -- Clarence Biggs -- Styron Bond, Jr. -- Coach Herman Boone -- The Rev. Henry Byrd -- The Rev. Paul Chapman -- George Corey -- Lois Harris Greene -- Ralph Hargett -- Alton Hopewell -- Frances King -- William Earl Newsome -- Alma and Bob Purvis -- Marie Robertson -- Richard Eugene Rogers -- Ida Small Speller -- Ruth Mobley Spruill and Ollie Mobley Marshal -- Joseph Thigpen -- Brenda Whelchel -- Willis Williams -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "During the summer of 1963 civil rights movements were taking place all over the South. In Northeastern North Carolina the struggle for freedom focused on Williamston, a small agricultural based town. In an effort to preserve local history, this book includes a collection of 19 interviews from members of both the black and white community"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject African Americans -- North Carolina -- Williamston -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- North Carolina -- Williamston -- Interviews
Civil rights movements -- North Carolina -- Williamston -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
African Americans
Civil rights movements
Race relations
SUBJECT Williamston (N.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject North Carolina -- Williamston
Genre/Form History
Interviews
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Biographies.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476614335
1476614334
0786476362
9780786476367
9781306902168
1306902169