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Title	George Simkins: a lifetime struggling for civil rights
Date	1990-02-04
Date approximate?	1
Creator	unknown
Subject headings	Greensboro Sit-ins, Greensboro, N.C., 1960 Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations Protest movements -- United States Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Topics	Business desegregation, protests, and marches, 1963 Business desegregation and sit-ins, 1960 Greensboro civic organizations
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	This circa February 4, 1990, article from the Greensboro News & Record, profiles George Simkins, former president of the Greensboro chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In a first-person narrative, Simkins recalls the early moments of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, including the critical reaction he received for not calling the national NAACP office. He also states that the movement was a success due specifically to the student involvement and their sheer numbers. He mentions Jesse Jackson's visit during the 1963 demonstrations in which the Greensboro S&W Cafeteria and several theatres were integrated . This article was saved in a scrapbook by Clarence "Curly" Harris, manager of the Greensboro Woolworth store at the time of the 1960 sit-ins. It appears that portions of the article may be missing.
Type	text
Original format	clippings scrapbooks
Original dimensions	9" x 11"
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	MSS141 Clarence Lee Harris Papers, circa 1916-1997
Series/grouping	6 Scrapbooks
Box	3
Folder	Folder 4: Scrapbook 9: Remembering Feb. 1, 1960, 1972-1989
Finding aid link	http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=506
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Object ID	MSS0141.003.004.0909
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
OCLC number	884368210

George Simkins: a lifetime struggling for civil rights

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