U0557_Audio |
Previous | 1 of 2 | Next |
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
|
Object Description
Interview no. | U-0557 |
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 | April 10 2007 |
Interviewee | Carter, Mandy. |
Interviewee occupation |
Community organizers Social justice activists |
Interviewee DOB | 1948 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Burge, Bridgette. |
Abstract | Birth in Alblany, N.Y. and status as a ward of the state due to state welfare legislation; Albany Children's Home and link to organizing; Foster care and adoptive parents; High school, cheerleading, popularity, and awareness of racism in terms of appearance; Adoption and Identity; Pacifism; Homelessness in New York City, N.Y.; Tim Leary and League for Spiritual Discovery; Gender Relations in the Counter Culture Movement; California and Joan Baez’s Study of Non-Violence; Awareness of the San Fransisco Gay Movement; War Registers League, Women's International League for Peace, American Friends Service Committee; Southerners on New Ground-Suzanne Pharr, Mab Segrest, Pam McMichael; Ladyslipper and Laurie Fuchs; Olivia Music; Activism in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Durham, N.C.-challenging Jesse Helms and Anit-Gay Position during the late 1980s and early 1990s. |
Citation | Interview with Mandy Carter by Bridgette Burge, April 10 2007 U-0557, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Description
Interview no. | U0557_Audio |