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Interview no. | A-0361 |
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 | 13 January 1991 |
Interviewee | Lewis, Hylan. |
Interviewee occupation | Sociologists |
Interviewee DOB | 1911 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer | Egerton, John. |
Abstract | Sociologist Hylan Lewis describes his experiences with race in the American South in the period before the civil rights movement gained momentum. Lewis witnessed an energized but still uncertain post-World War II African American community that was beginning to discuss how best to fight for equality. At the same time, white southern politicians were devising new strategies of resistance. This interview offers a broad comment on an important and often overlooked moment in civil rights history. |
Subject Topical |
Southern States--Race relations. African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina. African American sociologists. African American universities and colleges. |
Subject Name | Lewis, Hylan. |
Citation | Interview with Hylan Lewis by John Egerton, 13 January 1991. A-0361 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-0361_Audio |