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Interview no. | A-0345 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.2. Southern Politics: Southern Liberalism |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-1991, conducted by John Egerton for a book on the post-World War II era as a time that presented opportunities for positive action on civil rights. Interviews focus on interviewees' careers, 1945-1950 and their reactions to Egerton's thesis about the time period. Frequently addressed topics include the New Deal and Franklin Roosevelt, the University of North Carolina and Frank Porter Graham, the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, and the Brown decision. |
Date | 22 July 1990 |
Interviewee | Johnson, Guy Benton, 1901-1991. |
Interviewee occupation |
Professors Sociologists |
Interviewee DOB | 1901 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Egerton, John. |
Abstract | Sociologist Guy B. Johnson recalls the string of lucky breaks that brought him to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a career as a sociologist. Johnson had more than a scholarly interest in race, and soon became active in the brewing civil rights agitation of the World War II era. Although he was a founding member of the Southern Regional Council (SRC), Johnson was wary of radicalism and believed that the court system was best equipped to dismantle segregation. In this interview, he describes the creation of the SRC and his response to some of the legal victories for civil rights in the 1940s. Researchers interested in biographical details should look to the first half of this interview as well for information of interest. |
Subject Topical | Segregation--Southern States. |
Subject Name |
Johnson, Guy Benton, 1901-1991. Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972. Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954. Southern Regional Council. |
Citation | Interview with Guy Benton Johnson by John Egerton, 22 July 1990. A-0345 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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