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Interview no. | L-0321 |
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 | 19 July 2010 |
Interviewee | Alexander, Frank. |
Interviewee occupation | Professors |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Vaughan, Hudson. |
Abstract | This interview was organized around several themes, all connected to Frank Alexander’s involvement in the Campus Y: Anne Queen’s leadership, the function and structure of the Y, major social movements, and Alexander’s reflections on his life since college; Topics include: Y volunteering, Y event building; Y avenues for political and social expression; the International Handicrafts Bazaar; lingering anti-war and civil rights issues; involvement in a protest in Eastern North Carolina that cost him the Morehead Scholarship; sleeping in the Y; secularization of the Y; Norm Gustaveson leadership; Scholarship Information Center; applying ideas and dialogue to action; the draft; work with the Southern Regional Council and voter education; journey post college to law school and then divinity school; critical reflection on his involvement with the Y. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], 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. | L0321_Audio |