Oral history interview with Martha Jo Hightower Campbell, 2012 [full audio recording]
Date
2012-02-15
Creator
Campbell, Martha Jo Hightower
Contributors
Trojanowski, Hermann J.
Subject headings
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
Martha Jo Hightower Campbell (1947- ) graduated in 1969 from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) with a degree in sociology. She retired as director of the Winston-Salem Workforce Development Department.
Campbell recalls growing up in segregated Winston-Salem, North Carolina; attending St. Ann's Academy for eleven years; transferring to Atkins High School for her senior year; becoming interested in sociology; and participating in civil rights marches while in high school. She talks about the upper-class African American students at UNCG who informed the new black students about which professors were prejudiced and should be avoided. Campbell discusses the Neo-Black Society and the events it sponsored, dances on campus that brought the white and black students together, general campus social life, her involvement in a campus play, and her student employment in the dining hall. She remembers meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Winston-Salem and the impact his assassination had on her as well as on the UNCG and North Carolina A&T State University campuses. Campbell concludes the interview by talking about how attending UNCG influenced her life and prepared her for working in the social services and government areas.
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Object ID
OH002.036.AUD
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
UNCG University Archives
