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Film, Video Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina, 2011 July 06

Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina, 2011 July 06

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Title

  • Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina, 2011 July 06

Summary

  • Esther M. A. Terry remembers growing up in Wise, North Carolina, and attending Bennett College. She recalls planning the Greensboro Woolworth's sit-in with students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (later North Carolina A & T University), being arrested for her participation, and the support of the Bennett College President, Dr. Willa Player. She also discusses attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her master's degree, and founding the African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus), where she earned her PhD and taught for many years.

Names

  • Terry, Esther M. A., 1939- interviewee
  • Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer
  • Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)

Created / Published

  • 2011.

Headings

  • -  Terry, Esther M. A.,--1939---Interviews
  • -  Player, Willa B
  • -  Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina
  • -  Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.)
  • -  University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus)
  • -  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • -  African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Interviews
  • -  African American college administrators--Interviews
  • -  African American college students--Interviews
  • -  African American college teachers--Interviews
  • -  Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Greensboro
  • -  Civil rights movements--United States

Genre

  • Filmed Interviews
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Video recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded in Greensboro, North Carolina, on July 6, 2011.
  • -  Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
  • -  Esther M. A. Terry was born in 1939 in Wise, North Carolina, as one of twelve siblings. She attended Bennett College, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She worked as professor and academic administrator.
  • -  The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
  • -  In English.
  • -  Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005

Medium

  • 6 video files of 6 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (92 min.) : digital, sound, color.
  • 1 transcript (37 pages).

Source Collection

  • Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0028

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015669127

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Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Credit Line

Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Terry, Esther M. A., Interviewee, Joseph Mosnier, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina. 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669127/.

APA citation style:

Terry, E. M. A., Mosnier, J. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2011) Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669127/.

MLA citation style:

Terry, Esther M. A., Interviewee, Joseph Mosnier, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Esther M. A. Terry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Greensboro, North Carolina. 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669127/>.