Oral history interview with Stetson Kennedy, May 11, 1990
Subtitle: interview A-0354, 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; Race relations; Civil rights workers; Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Other titles: Interview A-0354, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Stetson Kennedy, May 11, 1990; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Veteran activist Stetson Kennedy describes his desire to strike down segregation in the American South and some of the ways he translated this impulse into action, including his infiltration of racist organizations. Kennedy describes himself as utterly opposed to segregation and racism, and his total devotion to a broad cause allowed him to avoid the internecine battles of the civil rights era. Despite his satisfaction with some of the victories of the civil rights era, Kennedy is not optimistic about the future of race in the United States.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on April 9, 2007).

Interview participants: Stetson Kennedy, interviewee; John Egerton, interviewer.

Duration: 01:26:45.

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 A, Southern politics, interview A-0354, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jackie Gorman. Original transcript: 42 p.

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

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