This transcript of a December 19, 1974, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe with William Snider primarily documents Snider's recollection of school desegregation in Greensboro, North Carolina. Topics include a meeting at Snider's home following the Brown v. Board of Education decision; "collusion" with newspaper editors from Winston-Salem and Charlotte; the delay in implementation of school desegregation; token desegregation; backlash against desegregation, including having a cross burned on his lawn; white supremacy groups in Greensboro; local leadership; and Benjamin Smith and Edward Hudgins.
