Oral history interview with George H. Evans by Eugene Pfaff

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In this transcript of an April 27, 1979, oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with George H. Evans, Evans discusses his role as chairman of the Special Committee on Human Rights and as a member the Greensboro Citizens Association during the civil rights demonstrations in 1963. He describes negotiations with the business owners, city council, and demonstrators regarding desegregation of downtown businesses, and comments on the accomplishments of the civil rights movement and the growth of economic opportunity for African-Americans.

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Title: Oral history interview with George H. Evans by Eugene Pfaff
Who's responsible?: Evans, George H. (Interviewee)
Pfaff, Eugene E., Jr., 1948- (Interviewer)
Original creation or publication date: 1979-04-27
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1970-1979
Type of item: text
Original format: interviews
Subject headings: Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations
Protest movements -- United States
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Business
Additional tags: Business desegregation, protests, and marches, 1963
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Contributing Institution: Greensboro Public Library
Collection: Greensboro Public Library Oral History Program
Civil Rights Greensboro
Funding source: Digitzation funded by a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.
Contributor's identifier: GPL_OH0001.029
Gateway identifier: gpl:7342
Item note: Dr. George H. Evans was born on May 18, 1907 and lived in Nashville, Tennessee, until the age of ten. His family then relocated to Miami, Florida, where he spent the remainder of his youth. Evans received his undergraduate degree from Roger Williams College and his medical degree at Meharry Medical College, both located in Nashville, Tennessee. He interned at St. Louis City Hospital No. 2, in St. Louis, Missouri, then moved to Greensboro in December 1934. Evans worked as a physician in Greensboro from 1935 until 1985. Dr. Evans was active in promoting integration and civil rights in Greensboro. He was chairman of the Mayorâ€™s Special Committee on Human Rights in 1963 and had fought along with other African American physicians to obtain privileges at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital after it opened in 1953. He was also the first person of color to hold a seat on the Greensboro Housing Authority. In 2003, Dr. Evans, along with Oscar Burnett, established the Evans & Burnett Human Relations Scholarship Foundation, which is designed to honor all those who worked to improve race relations. Evans has served on numerous boards and has had various honors bestowed upon him. Service on local boards includes Greensboro City Schools, Bennett College Board of Trustees, L. Richardson Memorial Hospital, and president of both the Old North State Medical Society and the Greensboro Medical Society. He was named Doctor of the Year in 1967, NAACPâ€™s Man of the Year in 1981, received the Stepping Stones to Freedom Award in 1990, and was awarded North Carolina A&T State Universityâ€™s Human Rights Medal in 2008.
OCLC number: 884367717

Oral history interview with George H. Evans by Eugene Pfaff

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