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Interview no. | L-0285 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-2010, about the Campus Y and Anne Queen, its director, 1964-1975. The Campus Y, a student organization founded in 1859, was active in integrating the University of North Carolina's undergraduate program, the local civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, overturning the Speaker Ban Law, the Foodworkers' Strikes of 1969 and 1970, anti-apartheid work, and other major social movements. Interviewees include former Y student leaders, alumni, staff, and University administrators, who focus on the significance of the Y, with reflections on social movements, the development of social consciousness, staff support, student leadership and community, and work in post-college life. |
Date | March 2 2010 |
Interviewee | Friday, William C. (William Clyde) |
Interviewee occupation | College presidents |
Interviewee DOB | 1920 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Vaughan, Hudson. |
Abstract | William C. (Bill) Friday begins this interview by mentioning two former directors of the Campus Y, Gay Currie and Anne Queen, and the powerful role they played with students and at UNC. He remembers the Campus Y as the “nerve center” where things were always happening for the social good of the university and community. His wife, Ida, was on the Advisory Board of the Y. He recalls the power of Freshman Camp and the Y’s religious influence during his time as UNC system president. The Y was where student leaders went first, and Friday believes that ended in the early 1990s, but that it could be possible again with dynamic leadership. He discusses the Y’s role in helping the university carry out its mission to the state of North Carolina. Friday tells about how he met Anne Queen, and the continued role of his relationships with staff in his understanding of the Y and his ability to help at the ground level. The Campus Y was involved heavily in the Speaker Ban controversy, and he talks about his feelings and memories of that controversy and how it was one of the saddest times of his career. Friday gives suggestions for many other figures involved in the Y’s history and discusses the Y as a community center, with a coffee house, International Handicrafts Bazaar, and ongoing activism; Friday describes it as a “melting pot.” Friday discusses how the university must maintain its commitment to allow students to go to the school for as close to free as possible, and finishes the interview by talking about the university's role in aggressively seeking talent in underserved communities, his support of the Covenant scholarship, and his love for listening. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Collection Database |
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Interview no. | L0285_Audio |