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Interview no. | U-0560 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | U.18. Long Civil Rights Movement: Heirs to a Fighting Tradition |
Project description | The Heirs Project is a multi-phased oral history initiative that explores the stories and traditions of social justice activism in North Carolina through in-depth interviews with 14 highly respected activists and organizers. Selected for the integrity and high level of skill in their work dedicated to social justice, the interviewees represent a diversity of age, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. These narratives capture the richness of a set of activists with powerful perspectives on social justice, political activism, and similar visions of the common good. The stories shared by this cohort of activists represent personal moments of transition and transformation, tales of empowerment and exhaustion, and organizing successes and defeats. The Project seeks to highlight the history of progressive political action in North Carolina through the stories and experiences of those who pushed for change. |
Date | November 30 2007 |
Interviewee | Carter, Mandy. |
Interviewee occupation |
Community organizers Social justice activists |
Interviewee DOB | 1948 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Burge, Bridgette. |
Abstract | Reflection on events in 2007, Gill Foundation Conference for the African American LGBT community; Role of the LGBT community in the Obama Campaign; Job with Walter and Evelyn Haas Jr. Fund in San Fransisco, Calif.; Search for birth mother and biological family; Development of North Carolina Peace and Justice Coalition; Personal vision of a liberated world; Balancing optimism and pessimism; Body image and age; Importance of mentors; Need to focus on LGBT men and women of color; Importance of oral history and sharing stories. |
Citation | Interview with Mandy Carter by Bridgette Burge, November 30 2007 U-0560, 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. | U0560_Audio |