Oral history interview with Guy B. Johnson, July 22, 1990
Subtitle: interview A-0345, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Egerton, John, 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; Segregation; Southern Regional Council
Other titles: Interview A-0345, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Guy B. Johnson, July 22, 1990; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Sociologist Guy B. Johnson recalls the string of lucky breaks that brought him to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a career as a sociologist. Johnson had more than a scholarly interest in race, and soon became active in the brewing civil rights agitation of the World War II era. Although he was a founding member of the Southern Regional Council (SRC), Johnson was wary of radicalism and believed that the court system was best equipped to dismantle segregation. In this interview he describes the creation of the SRC and his response to some of the legal victories for civil rights in the 1940s. Researchers interested in biographical details should look to the first half of this interview for unexcerpted information of interest.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on April 9, 2007).

Interview participants: Guy B. Johnson, interviewee; John Egerton, interviewer.

Duration: 02:03:25.

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 Steve Weiss and Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program collection, (#4007), Series A. Southern politics, interview A-0345, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jovita Flynn. Original transcript: 42 p.

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

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