This oral history interview conducted by William Chafe circa 1975 with Edwin Edmonds primarily documents Edmonds' civil rights activities while at Bennett College and as president of the Greensboro NAACP. He recalls Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to Bennett College; Willa Player; blacklisting of the NAACP members and getting fired himself; NAACP leadership; NAACP Youth Fellowship; and being protected from the Ku Klux Klan. Edmonds also provides his opinions of Dr. John Tarpley, Dr. William Hampton, and Ben Smith; his opinion of several white academicians and so-called allies; approaching the school board; getting a new gym for Dudley High School; increased police presence at black gatherings; the position of several black and white clergy; and his prior involvement in civil rights activities.
