Oral history interview with William Dallas Herring, May 16, 1987
Subtitle: interview C-0035, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Jenkins, James Lineberry, 1919-2003, 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: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Officials and employees; Education and state; Educators; Attitudes; Education; Teachers; Certification; Accreditation (Education); Race relations in school management; Curricula; Politics and government; North Carolina. State Board of Education; North Carolina
Other titles: Interview C-0035, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with William Dallas Herring, May 16, 1987; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: William Dallas Herring, longtime chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education, discusses some of the issues he encountered during his tenure. He speaks in detail about education issues at the time of the interview, and offers his opinions on the state of democracy in the United States. Herring believes strongly in representative democracy, and worries that institutions across the country and in the state are falling prey to complacency, entrenched incumbency, and flawed processes. On a more granular level, Herring shares his opinion on proposed changes to the election of superintendent of education; evaluation of teacher performance; and curricula. Researchers interested in the details of these issues should read this interview in its entirety.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on July 30, 2008).

Interview participants: William Dallas Herring, interviewee; Jay Jenkins, interviewer.

Duration: 02:20:39.

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 Jennifer Joyner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 177.3 kilobytes, 257.5 megabytes.

Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series C, Notable North Carolinians, interview C-0035, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Patricia Watkins. Original transcript: 62 p.

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

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