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Interview no. | U-1052 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | U.16. Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
Project description | Interviews, 2013 and onward, conducted as part of the Moxie Project women's leadership program for undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the direction of Dr. Rachel Seidman. Student interviewers were interns at Triangle area women's organizations, and conducted interviews with women activists and leaders in the region as part of their service. The interviews are part of the Women's Movement in the South series, containing interviews recorded 2010 onward, that focus on women's activism and gender dynamics that were central to the freedom movement and the backlash against it. Topics include reproductive activism, both anti-abortion and pro-choice; the emergence of second-wave feminism in the mountain South and its links to the civil rights movement; the War on Poverty and challenges to job discrimination inspired by Title VII; and the entry of women into the University of North Carolina. |
Date | 24 June 2014 |
Interviewee | Byrd, Erin Dale. |
Interviewee occupation | Unknown |
Interviewee DOB | 1974 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Schumann, Cara. |
Abstract | Erin Byrd is a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina. She is currently serving as the Executive Director of Blue Print North Carolina. She previously served as the Civic Engagement Coordinator. Blue Print is a public charitable entity that facilitates the partnership of more than 50 local North Carolina organizations with the goal of influencing NC policy to include better access to health care, higher wages, affordable housing, a clean and safe environment and freedom from discrimination. Erin Byrd grew up in a military family; she graduated from the college of William and Mary in 1997 with a degree in sociology. After earning her masters she came to North Carolina in 2009. She began her work in social causes as the coordinator for Voters for Clean Elections, where part of her work helped to pass the first piece of legislation that allowed for publicly funded elections. After her work with money and politics she moved to Southerners for Economic Justice. It was here that Byrd helped to found the HKonJ movement. She joined Blueprint in 2007 where she has worked since. Byrd is a mother of two and considers this her number one priority. She also is passionate about beginning a food Co-Op called Futile Ground in the food desert of Southeast Raleigh. Topics discussed: Military bases, childhood experiences, living abroad, social welfare, race issues on bases, sexism, parental influence, home gender dynamics, college, sociology, racism and systematic oppression, activism, networking, clean elections, money and politics, North Carolina politics, HKonJ, Moral Monday, meaningful work, organizing, being “in relationship”, direct service vs. policy change, motherhood, coalitions, labor ownership, rural Southern empowerment, southeast Raleigh, Blue Print of NC, Fruit of Labor singing ensemble, and faith. This interview was conducted to be deposited into the Southern Oral History archives as part of the UNC-Chapel Hill 2014 Moxie Project. |
Citation | Interview with Erin Dale Byrd by Cara Schumann, 24 June 2014 U-1052, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection#4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | U1052_Audio |