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Interview no. | U-0582 |
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 | October 25 2008 |
Interviewee | Proffitt, Bryan David, 1978- |
Interviewee occupation |
Teachers Social justice activists |
Interviewee DOB | 1978 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Burge, Bridgette. |
Abstract | Explanation of why Proffitt minored in film studies and his favorite directors and films; Views on the media attention around Bill Ayers, a former Weather Underground member the McCain-Palin camp is publicly linking to Barack Obama; 2008 presidential election in general; Personal thoughts on Obama; Radical organizing and groups in the 1960 and 70s; Impact of political satire on elections; North Carolina’s state elections; Durham, N.C. organizations he's been involved with; Why he loves his wife, Rebecca Silver. |
Citation | Interview with Bryan Proffitt by Bridgette Burge, October 25 2008 U-0582, 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. | U0582_Audio |