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Interview no. | U-0555 |
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 | March 7 2006 |
Interviewee | Brown, Cynthia D. |
Interviewee occupation |
Social justice activists Non-profit organization employees Political candidates |
Interviewee DOB | 1958 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Burge, Bridgette. |
Abstract | Experience working for Durham City Council in Durham, N.C.; Memories of Campaign and Fundraising-always remained disconnected from Political Action Committees; Organized leadership in Durham-Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People; Friends of Durham, Independent Weekly, the Raleigh News & Observer, Durham Affordable Housing Coalition; Interactions with North Carolina Politicians-Erskine Bowles, Dan Blue, Del-Mia Strickland, Martha Bergen; Memories of support and interracial actions in communities throughout North Carolina during the campaign; Sojourner Group; Injustice as motivation; Reflections on Ann Braden; Debates and issues with Democrat and Republican Parties; Roe v. Wade, rise of conservative congress; Problems with black nationalism for local economy; Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Greensboro, N.C.; Difference between activism and organizing; Birth of El Centro, El Pueblo, and the Latino Credit Union locally; Rise of a local Latino community; Development of North Carolina Coalition on Black and Brown Civic Participation; Civic responsibility and mass involvement in local and national politics; Importance of awareness. |
Citation | Interview with Cynthia D. Brown by Bridgette Burge, March 7 2006 U-0555, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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