Harry G. Boyte's employment with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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This essay written by Janet Boyte circa 1963, details her husband, Harry G. Boyte's, employment with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and his views on civil rights. Using quotations from Harry and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Boyte discusses the importance of an integrated civil rights movement. Boyte outlines the challenges of her husband working as the only white employee at SCLC, as well as his efforts to challenge the white establishment. She concludes the essay by recalling a meeting Boyte and SCLC staff had with Atlanta ministers and business executives that led to the desegregation of local restroom facilities.

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Title: Harry G. Boyte's employment with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Who's responsible?: Boyte, Janet Chatten (Creator)
Additional historical information: Janet Chatten Boyte was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1915. She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois; completed her undergraduate work at Denison University in Granville, Ohio; and received her master's degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Mrs. Boyte worked for the Red Cross for several years. She met her husband, Harry G. Boyte, while they were both working for the Red Cross in Morocco. They were married in January, 1944, in Evanston, Illinois. They eventually moved to Atlanta, and from there to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1960. The family moved to Greensboro in 1962 when Mr. Boyte took at job with the American Friends Service Committee in High Point. While in Greensboro, Mrs. Boyte was the youth director for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). There she worked to provide integrated programs for young women. The family participated in several marches and demonstrations that took place in Greensboro during their time here. The Boytes moved back to Atlanta in 1963, while their son began attending Duke University. In Atlanta, Mr. Boyte was appointed special assistant to Martin Luther King, Jr. and worked for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Boytes resided in the Virgin Islands from 1972 until 1976, and afterwards returned to Atlanta, where Mrs. Boyte worked at Quaker House.
Original creation or publication date: 1963
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1960-1969
Type of item: text
Original format: reports
Subject headings: Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Additional tags: Race Relations
Copyright information: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Contributing Institution: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Collection: Boyte Family Papers
Civil Rights Greensboro
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: Duke_RL.00138.0955
Gateway identifier: duke:361
OCLC number: 884367692

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