Oral history interview with Edwin Caldwell, March 2, 2001
Subtitle: interview K-0202, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: White, Oliver (Oliver Gordon), 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 American politicians; African Americans; Politics and government; Race relations; Church of Reconciliation (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (N.C.). Board of Education; Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (N.C.).
Other titles: Interview K-0202, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Edwin Caldwell, March 2, 2001; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Edwin Caldwell, Jr., describes a lifetime of civil rights activism and political involvement. A natural political organizer, Caldwell helped Howard Lee become the first black mayor of Chapel Hill. Despite losing a number of his own campaigns for office, Caldwell enjoyed a growing reputation as a political force in North Carolina. This reputation earned him a seat on the Chapel Hill Carrboro School Board and various others positions of influence. Caldwell discusses the mechanics behind some of these positions and the influence of his race on his political life.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on June 4, 2007).

Interview participants: Edwin Caldwell, interviewee; Oliver White, interviewer.

Duration: 02:59:20.

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-0202, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 29 p.

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

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