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Interview no. | L-0294 |
Restrictions | Permission to quote from this interview in publications or broadcasts must be obtained from the interviewee. |
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 21 2010 |
Interviewee | Dixon, Susan. |
Interviewee occupation | Clergy |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Vaughan, Hudson. |
Abstract | Susan Dixon, Vice President of the Campus Y from 1969 to 1970 and an active Y member throughout her college years, begins this interview by briefly discussing her childhood in Chapel Hill, then her time at UNC and with the Campus Y. Dixon discusses the International Handicrafts Bazaar, the Vietnam War protests, and general good times with staff and students. The International Handicrafts Bazaar had grown exponentially during Dixon's time at the Y; lines would wind around the building for crafts, which came from the Appalachian mountains as well as from countries all over the world. Dixon recalls the context of the Vietnam War protests and reflects on the massive candlelight vigil after the Kent State shootings, and her role in organizing students to demonstrate. Dixon also recalls the Washington Witness trip, and explains the power of UNC’s delegation of seven hundred students to Washington, D.C. In addition to the Vietnam protests, Dixon tells about other movements happening in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and discusses the incredible mentors among the staff of the time: Anne Queen, Norm Gustaveson, Jean Luker, Dorothy Meyer, and Maria Young. Dixon says the Y embodied the kind of leadership and community that has formed the foundations of her approach to life since. She concludes by discussing her work since as a chaplain and now as the head of an eco-theology program, and the continued significance that the Y has played and still plays in her life��s journey. |
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. | L0294_Audio |