Oral history interview with John Love, February 17, 1999
Subtitle: interview K-0172, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Grundy, Pamela, 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; African Americans; Attitudes; School integration; Race relations; West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Other titles: Interview K-0172, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with John Love, February 17, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: The dynamic John W. Love, Jr., offers his thoughts on the history and culture of West Charlotte High School. Integration was no longer a significant issue by the time Love entered high school -- he was in third grade when the process began -- but Love, who is an African American, remembers the integration process and offers his thoughts on its long-term effects. Love, an actor, speaks with a great deal of ́élan about the remarkable cultural diversity of West Charlotte, but also the disagreements created by that diversity. Despite some problems, Love left West Charlotte with a strong sense of belonging.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on March 3, 2008).

Interview participants: John Love, interviewee; Pamela Grundy, interviewer.

Duration: 01:17:09.

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.

Text encoded by Mike Millner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0172, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 31 p.

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

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