In this transcript of a September 18, 1989, oral history interview conducted by William Link with Howard A. Chubbs, Chubbs discusses his background and compares the racial climate of Tennessee; Chicago; Richmond, Virginia; and Greensboro, North Carolina. He specifically describes political leadership and race relations in Greensboro, needs and evolution of the community, the role of certain participants in the local civil rights movement, his memories of the 1969 riot at North Carolina A&T State University, and the November 3, 1979, shootout and its aftermath.