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Interview no. | U-1097 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | U.16. Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
Project description | Interviews, 2010 onward, that focus on women's activism and gender dynamics, which 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. Interviews from Knoxville, Tenn., and surrounding areas focus on faith-based activism in Appalachia and its relation to feminism. |
Date | 31 July 2013 |
Interviewee | Edens, Richard, 1952- |
Interviewee occupation | Religious leaders |
Interviewee DOB | 1952 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Faulkenbury, T. Evan. |
Abstract | Richard Edens, pastor in the United Church of Chapel Hill, begins his interview by describing his childhood and upbringing in the suburbs of Charlotte, N.C. He mentions that he spent many summers in Roberson County on his grandparents’ farm. He attended public schools in Charlotte and went to Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. after one year at the University of Arizona. In 1974, he entered Yale Divinity School and graduated in 1978. During his time at Yale, he worked as a campus minister at the University of Illinois and served in other internship roles. He met his wife Jill at Yale and they decided to enter into the ministry together. It was difficult to find a job as a clergy couple, but first did in Wisconsin through the Methodist church. In 1979, they joined the United Church of Christ and became co-pastors at the United Church of Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, N.C. He discusses a good bit about the history of the United Church of Christ, the community in Chapel Hill, and various social projects they participated in. He was active in the Interfaith Council of Chapel Hill, which served needy people throughout the community in various ways such as homeless shelters and soup kitchens. From 1991 to 1993, the United Church of Christ went through an educational program on LGBTQ issues, voting overwhelmingly to accept gay and lesbian membership. He also reflects on Moral Mondays and how he was active in the protests at the time of the interview during the summer of 2013, having been arrested once. |
Citation | Interview with Richard Edens by Evan Faulkenbury, 31 July 2013 U-1097, 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. | U1097_Audio |