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Interview no. | A-0337 |
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 | 6 February 1991 |
Interviewee | Durr, Virginia Foster. |
Interviewee occupation | Political activists |
Interviewee DOB | 1903 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Egerton, John. |
Abstract | Civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr describes her involvement in the nascent civil rights movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Durr was among those white elites, like Eleanor Roosevelt and Durr's husband Clifford, who supported black activists as they began organizing what would become the familiar civil rights movement of the 1960s. In this interview, she describes some of her experiences with the movement. Interested researchers will find here a snapshot of some of the activism that was taking place in the American South before the 1960s. |
Subject Topical |
Civil rights--Alabama. Civil rights workers--Alabama. |
Subject Name |
Durr, Virginia Foster. Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Southern Conference for Human Welfare. |
Citation | Interview with Virginia Foster Durr by John Egerton, 6 February 1991. A-0337 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. | A-0337_Audio |