Oral history interview with Lewis C. Dowdy by Eugene Pfaff

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In this transcript of a February 21, 1977, oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with Lewis C. Dowdy, Dowdy discusses his background, educational experiences, career path, and the impact of integration in education. He also talks about North Carolina A&T State University regarding its history, mission, relationship with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and student-led activism during the civil rights movement.

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Title: Oral history interview with Lewis C. Dowdy by Eugene Pfaff
Who's responsible?: Dowdy, Lewis C. (Interviewee)
Pfaff, Eugene E., Jr., 1948- (Interviewer)
Original creation or publication date: 1977-02-21
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1970-1979
Type of item: text
Original format: interviews
Subject headings: Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Additional tags: General perspectives on race relations
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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_OH0001.026
Gateway identifier: gpl:7340
Item note: Lewis Carnegie Dowdy was born in 1917 in Eastover, South Carolina, the fifteenth of sixteen children. He was a cum laude graduate of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. He also earned a masterâ€™s degree from Indiana State College in 1949 and was awarded a doctorate of education from Indiana University. Dowdy worked as a teacher and principal in South Carolina before joining the North Carolina A&T faculty as an instructor of education and director of student teaching in 1951. He also served as an assistant professor of education, dean of the School of Education and General Studies, dean of Instruction, and acting president in 1962. In 1964, he was appointed as the collegeâ€™s sixth president. Under Dowdyâ€™s leadership, many of A&Tâ€™s schools received accreditation and construction of four academic buildings, a new gymnasium, new football stadium and other service buildings was completed. He reorganized instruction, creating the Schools of Education, Business and Economics and the College of Arts and Sciences. Dowdy is also noted for his role in handling the participation of many A&T students in civil rights demonstrations during the 1960s, including the 1969 riot in which National Guardsmen were called to campus. After serving the university for over twenty-one years, Dowdy resigned his position as chancellor on October 31, 1980. Lewis Dowdy died on Sunday, December 17, 2000.
OCLC number: 884367948

Oral history interview with Lewis C. Dowdy by Eugene Pfaff

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