In this transcript of a November 18, 1987, oral history interview conducted by William Link with Jim Melvin, Melvin primarily discusses the 1969 incident at North Carolina A&T State University and the November 3, 1979, shootings. Other topics include his youth in Greensboro, the role of activism in the city's history, at-large versus district system of representation, constructing the metro sewer plant, and local race relations.
