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Trouble in
Greensboro
A Report of an Open Meeting
Concerning the Disturbances at
Dudley High School and North Carolina
A&T State University
By the North Carolina State Advisory
Committee to the United States
Commission on Civil Rights
Trouble in Greensboro: A report of an open meeting concerning disturbances at Dudley High School and North Carolina A&T State University
Date
1970-03
Creator
North Carolina Advisory Committee on Civil Rights
Biographical/historical note
The North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was established in 1957 by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and was chaired in its early years by Greensboro native McNeill Smith. The Advisory Committee's primarily responsibilities were to gather information through studies and other fact-finding activities, and to advise the U.S. Commission, president, and Congress on matters of statewide significance and local incidents under investigation. The committee investigated the 1969 Dudley High/A&T State University protests and the 1979 Death to the Klan march, both of which happened in Greensboro and ended with violence and fatalities.
Subject headings
Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations;Protest movements -- United States;North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Topics
Dudley High School - A and T State University protest, May 1969
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This thirty-one page report contains preliminary findings regarding student protests originating at Greensboro's Dudley High School around May 1, 1969, which escalated over several weeks and culminated in a violent clash with local police and National Guard on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University (A&T) on May 22nd and 23rd. The report describes the open meeting as an effort of fact-finding and defines the responsibilities of the commission and the state advisory committee. The report, published in booklet form, contains a chronology of events, an analysis of the situation, and a set of recommendations for the Greensboro public schools, A&T, the Greensboro police, and the Greensboro community at large. This particular copy of the report was used by historian William Chafe as part of his research culminating in his book Civilities and Civil Rights published in 1980.
Type
text
Original format
reports
Original dimensions
8.5" x 11"
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : North Carolina Advisory Committee on Civil Rights
Language
en
Contributing institution
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Source collection
RL.00207 William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection
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Trouble in
Greensboro
A Report of an Open Meeting
Concerning the Disturbances at
Dudley High School and North Carolina
A&T State University
By the North Carolina State Advisory
Committee to the United States
Commission on Civil Rights
