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Interview no. | U-0563 |
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 | December 9 2009 |
Interviewee | Dillahunt, Ajamu, 1945- |
Interviewee occupation |
Social justice activists Community organizers Labor leaders Academics |
Interviewee DOB | 1945 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Burge, Bridgette. |
Abstract | Description of personal vision of a liberated world; Personal perspective and evaluation of Barack Obama's first year as president; Public option compared to socialized health care; Role of white allies in supporting black communities; Role in men in social justice; Perspective on single issue and multi issue organizing; Approach to nurturing new leaders and acting as a mentor; Description of ideological framework and how it has changed over time; Biggest challenges faced in social justice work; How to inspire non-activists; Description of time as Associate Dean at State University of New York (1972-1976); Moving from New York to North Carolina (1978); Work with Legal Services and Southern labor unions. |
Citation | Interview with Ajamu Dillahunt by Bridgette Burge, December 9 2009 U-0563, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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