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Oral history interview with Burnis Hackney, February 5, 2001 interview K-0547, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Burnis Hackney, February 5, 2001 interview K-0547, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Interview K-0547, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Interview with Burnis Hackney, February 5, 2001 (portion title)
Hackney, Burnis. (interviewee). Gilgor, Bob (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: In 1966, Burnis Hackney was among the first African Americans to enroll in the new, integrated Chapel Hill High School (CHHS). In this interview, Hackney attempts to resolve his belief in the essential value of integration with his regret for the traditions jettisoned during the process. The process itself went relatively smoothly for Hackney, who did not experience direct racism from white students or teachers. The most difficult element of the transition was leaving the nurturing atmosphere at Lincoln High School for the academically demanding, individualistic ethos of CHHS. A sense of inevitability flows through this interview: Hackney remembers that he and other black students were resigned to the integration process, which seemed determined to move forward despite how African Americans felt about it.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006.

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General Note:
Duration: 01:34:32.
Interview participants: Burnis Hackney, interviewee; Bob Gilgor, interviewer.
Text encoded by Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by 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.
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Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 81.5 kilobytes, 173 megabytes.
Original Version Note:
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0547, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 45 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Hackney, Burnis Interviews
Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Lincoln High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
African American students Education (Secondary) North Carolina Chapel Hill 20th century
African Americans North Carolina Chapel Hill Interviews
African Americans North Carolina Chapel Hill Attitudes
School integration North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill (N.C.) Race relations
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