<I>Esther M.A. Terry, Ph. D. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: July 6, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Esther M. A. Terry Ph. D., American, born 1939
label: Interviewed by
content: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
label: Subject of
content: Bennett College, American, founded 1873
label: Subject of
content: F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American, founded 1890
label: Subject of
content: Willa Beatrice Player, American, 1909 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American, founded 1789
label: Subject of
content: University of Massachusetts Amherst, American, founded 1863
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.28.1a, 2011.174.28.1b, 2011.174.28.1c, 2011.174.28.1d, 2011.174.28.1e, 2011.174.28.1f, 2011.174.28.1g, 2011.174.28.1h, 2011.174.28.1i, 2011.174.28.1j.
label: Description
content: Esther M. A. Terry Ph.D. remembers growing up in Wise, North Carolina, and attending Bennett College. She recalls planning the Greensboro Woolworth's sit-in with students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (later North Carolina A &T University), being arrested for her participation, and the support of the Bennett College President, Dr. Willa Player. She also discusses attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her master's degree, and founding the African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus), where she earned her Ph.D. and taught for many years.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0028
place: label: Place collected
content: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Wise, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.28.1a-j
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 1 hr., 16 min., 28 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 127.7 GB