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Interview no. | L-0297 |
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 | April 13 2010 |
Interviewee | Rhoad, Page Forbes. |
Interviewee occupation | Community organizers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Davidson, Sandra. |
Abstract | Page Forbes Rhoad, co-president of the Campus Y in the late 1970s, discusses her extensive involvement in the Y; how she became involved with the Campus Y, significant memories, organizations and activities sponsored by the Y, and the impact the Campus Y had on her life. Rhoad came affiliated to the Campus Y at Freshman Camp, which she attended her first year. She worked closely with Freshman Camp--now Carolina Kickoff--in the following years, and decided to run for co-president her senior year. Rhoad disagreed with some of the Y's political stances on particular social issues, but she cites the universal humanitarian mission of the Y as allowing her to overlook those discrepancies. Rhoad recalls the YWCA conference at Notre Dame the summer before her senior year as an enlightening and motivating experience where she was proud to represent the Campus Y; how inspiring and supportive the staff was for her and other volunteers; hunger, after-school tutoring, and public busing as issues that the Y addressed during her time as co-president. Overall, Rhoad stresses how her experiences as a local grassroots volunteer in the local community stands as the most important part of her involvement with the Y, and how the Y offered students the opportunity to work on issues larger than themselves. Rhoad believes that her experience serving others through the Y has absolutely influenced the decisions and activities of her adult life, including volunteering through her church and other civic organizations in her community. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Interview Database |
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Interview no. | L0297_Audio |