Oral history interview with James Moore, October 16, 2003
Subtitle: interview U-0011, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Lowery, Malinda Maynor, 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; Politics and government; Indians of North America; Civil rights; Attitudes; African Americans; Relations with Indians; School integration
Other titles: Interview U-0011, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with James Moore, October 16, 2003; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: James Moore, who has lived his entire life in Prospect, N.C., in Robeson County, reflects on some of the conflicts there during the desegregation process. He had a first-hand view of anti-integration sentiment when he drove a school bus for a few months in Prospect, and witnessed local Native Americans' determination not to allow black students into their schools.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on May 31, 2007).

Interview participants: James Moore, interviewee; Malinda Maynor, interviewer.

Duration: 00:15:41.

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 U, The long civil rights movement: the South since the 1960s, interview U-0011, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by L. Altizer. Original transcript: 6 p.

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

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