Oral history interview with Gloria Register Jeter, December 23, 2000
Subtitle: interview K-0549, Southern Oral History Program (#4007)
Contributors: Gilgor, Bob, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Race relations; School integration; African Americans; African American students; Education (Secondary); Civil rights; Segregation in education; Civil rights demonstrations; Lincoln High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Upward bound math-science program
Other titles: Interview with Gloria Register Jeter, December 23, 2000; Interview K-0549. Southern Oral History Program (#4007); Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Gloria Register Jeter, who attended segregated and integrated public schools in Chapel Hill, recalls the damage visited on the black community by integration. Integration was a "mess," she argues, pointing out that when black and white schools merged, black traditions often did not survive the process. Student protests managed to restore some of Lincoln High School's traditions to the new Chapel Hill High School, but according to Jeter, the legacies of institutionalized racism are permanent. This interview reveals some of the frustration black students felt during the integration process and their efforts to fix enduring inequalities in day-to-day academic life. Jeter tells the story of black students involved in a constant struggle for respect and recognition.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on March 5, 2007).

Interview participants: Gloria Register Jeter, interviewee; Bob Gilgor, interviewer.

Duration: 01:24:36

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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Original version: Southern Oral History Program collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0549, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Susan Pearson and Erika Simon, June 2001. Original transcript: 13 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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