Marie Darr Scott (1948- ) graduated in 1970 with a history degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). After college, she taught at the UNCG Residential College, worked at Cone Mills, and then worked for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) in Greensboro, North Carolina. Scott and her husband currently own Scott Tree Service.<BR><BR>Scott talks about growing up in segregated Thomasville, North Carolina, her early family life, and applying to UNCG. She recalls dorm life, roommates, academics, social life, and faculty members such as Richard Bardolph and Warren Ashby. Scott discusses the Black Power Forum of 1967, the founding of the Neo-Black Society in 1968, the establishment of a black history class at UNCG, and her involvement in the Greensboro United Tutorial Service (GUTS). She recalls the excitement when she met Dionne Warwick on campus and her reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Scott concludes the interview by talking about her children and her involvement in the UNCG Black Alumni Council.XXXX7102
