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Interview no. | U-0478 |
Restrictions | Closed until 2 December 2033. |
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 | August 18 2010 |
Interviewee | Carawan, Candie. |
Interviewee occupation |
Singers Artists Teachers Women's rights activists |
Interviewee DOB | 1939 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Wilkerson, Jessie. |
Abstract | Candie Carawan is a long time social justice activist in the South. She participated in the non-violent sit-ins during the black civil rights movement and went on to become staff at the Highlander Research and Education Center. She and her husband Guy Carawan have been instrumental in preserving and disseminating music from twentieth century social movements. In this brief excerpt from the interview, Candie discusses her definition of feminism and her participation in the women’s movement. She also talks about how the women’s movement affected the Highlander Research and Education Center and how the staff began to address issues of gender and sexuality. She describes the importance of cultural work in social movements. This interview is part of the Southern Oral History Program’s project to document the women’s movement in the American South. |
Citation | Interview with Candie Carawan by Jessie Wilkerson, August 18 2010 U-0478, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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