Oral history interview with Raney Norwood, January 9, 2001 [electronic resource] : interview K-0556, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).
Raney Norwood recalls the maddening process of integration in Chapel Hill. Upon entering the new, integrated Chapel Hill High School, he and other African American students left behind the educational traditions of Lincoln High. They spent their first year at CHHS struggling to reclaim them through non-violent and violent means. Norwood describes the so-called riot through which black students demanded the restoration of Lincoln's educational and athletic traditions, and one dramatic instance of violent white supremacy which resulted in the death of one of Norwood's friends. This interview presents a picture of a community roiled by the struggle to integrate and the different ways in which black students responded to the uncertainty and injustice of the process.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Duration: 01:46:07.Interview participants: Raney Norwood, interviewee; Bob Gilgor, interviewer.Text encoded by Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Steve Weiss and Aaron Smithers.This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.Title from menu page (viewed on March 20, 2007).
- Type of Computer File or Data Note:
- Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files : 101 kilobytes, 194.3 megabytes.
- Original Version Note:
- Original version: Southern Oral History Program collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0556, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 30 p.
- Funding Information Note:
- Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
- System Details Note:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.
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