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Interview no. | U-0554 |
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 | March 1 2006 |
Interviewee | Brown, Cynthia D. |
Interviewee occupation |
Social justice activists Non-profit organization employees Political candidates |
Interviewee DOB | 1958 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Burge, Bridgette. |
Abstract | Importance of group organizing; Becoming aware of "Southerness" while working for National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV); Difference of workers' rights in the South as compared to other regions in the United States; Southeast Women's Employment Coalition (SWEC); Participation in the Kellog National Fellowship Program; Value of multidisciplinary leadership; Experiences abroad; Understanding global systems and cultural imperialism; Desire to return home to North Carolina and organize where organizing was needed; Southerners for Economic Justice (SEJ) and grassroots organizing; Leaving SEJ to run for United States Senate. |
Citation | Interview with Cynthia D. Brown by Bridgette Burge, March 1 2006 U-0554, 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. | U0554_Audio |