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              • 99 HON
FAX NO.
P.  02
REENSBORO
PERFORMANCE CLUSTER
c«EENSBOf o oisrwcr • cr.f f NseoHo p»o center • GRf tNseono owe
0ReENSBO«O AMC • RALEIGH P*0 CENTER • RALEGM AMC • HICKOHr PAD f AClLlTY
ROCKY MOUNT PtC FACILITY
Postmaster Enola Mixon leaves mark on history
I lay, February 1,
1 360 John f Kennedy was a
.• x Iron Massacicsel's; it
.vou'c Co rearly Pvao years before
Attorney Ggr^ral Robct Kennedy
:-c:?.re war or. 'ad«m and
discrn-.nation !n mo UhRod States,
f \.e years before Martin L jther
King would te.id his 'F'eecom
Maroh" oi Wasn.ngton, and seven
years cofae racial volerce would
,;p trvojcjh tne cnt.re country
four African American
students a: No-ih Ca-oiiia a & T
University n G'ctmscoro, NC
wefkOd into re ocai F. \\
Wootworthe, tat down at tie 'unch
co j tor and asked to DC served.
irv/o.iid t>= QHficuK to magins that
Iheao 'our youths j.iocretood tie
■mpact this one act would have or,
reshau ng tthnic culture In (' e
Ur tea Stales   And. fc Eno a
M *on then a yojrg African
American won-an In her 20 s,
'a sod in Gfeeneboro. it was the
oeg>rn'ng cf a long smuggle
toward 6cuai;y.
Ms. Mixon net -e:urned to
Greensboro as its postmaster.
Her deep t es *.o the area make her
a natural choice fcr '.he pos ton
and. her commitment tc :he area
has not savored.
She not only supported
tno S't-;ns, she becarre Sectary
fc the Grcensocrc Citizens
Association, which organizes the
act vi-.'os surround ng the 3 t-irs
11 rerrerroe' the day they
mmm,
r S ■L^S^a^M^~~ 1
1     1 Biff
■ tmt'm
m &*
§'.'^:1;
Greensboro, NC, Postmaster Enole Mixon visits the exhibit "The
Greansboro Sit-ins'' at the Greensboro Historical Society and
reflects on her involvement In the activities surrounding the sit-ins
at F Hr*. Woolworth's. On February 1, 1960, David Richmond,
Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. (nowJibree! Khazan), and Joseph
McNeil sat down at Woolworth's "white only" lunch counter,
sparking a chain of events that Or. Martin Luther K'ng would later
call 'the turning point of the civil rights movement.'
waxed into Woolv.o'th'j   Community leaders Qfltea tor a mooting
or the si!-m met toi owing Scrday,
and ! knew t Had o be there to
offer my support.
"We provided <:'.. .
the students a^ci worked to ye: the
conrm.Ln.ty involved," Eic'a
reeaMa.   We al.^o sat down with
the wWte but noat community to
Jeter.nine how the Integration
would take place. We were tie
nogotiatort tor the student group
aio would eventually sthko an
agreement that wou d end a nearly
six-month siege on racial l
once n Greensboro
"i it never forge!r
Apni of that year when TnurQQod
Marthafl, then legal coimc i tor the
NAACP. anc Or. Martin Ui'her
Kiig pledgor '.ho r support of tie
Sit-n.  They were very powerful
figures even then."
Ma. Mixon thinks G'eens-
bcro, then a mecum-s.-zeo
sojthcri c ty o> 120,000 pecp'o,
was ready tor integration in 19G0
'We had a wed educated African
American population, (tot colleges! ard progretsiva white
leaders who wanted tc portray tho
ci'y as forwe/d-tMnking   However.
I don't think anything wou d have
happened o^ its own   We had tc
make 'ho first rrove '
Tic studci te wore not
served on that day but 24 more
came back the next day and aver
60 the next cay, uni i tension ran
so high mat the counte' was
closed fcr three w;el«s.
It took s x months 'or

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Title	Postmaster Enola Mixon leaves mark on history
Date	1994-02
Time period (decade)	1990-1999
Creator (individual)	Mixon, Enola C.
Subject headings	Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Topics	United States Postal Service
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	Article (from "Tar Heel Postmaster" or other publication) discusses Enola Mixon's life in Greensboro during the Civil Rights era and her later career in the United States Postal Service.
Type	Text
Original format	clippings
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Personal collection
Source collection	CC008 Enola C. Mixon Collection [Personal Collection]
Collection description	Enola Mixon had a long career with the United States Postal Service. She was the first woman in the country to serve as a director of employee and labor relations at the Greensboro post office. Between 1984 and 1991 she served as the first female acting postmaster in Burlington and Winston-Salem. She was named Greensboro's first female postmaster in 1992. She retired from the Postal Service in June 2004. Mixon was awarded the Dorothy Sharple Lifetime Achievement Award by the United States Postal Service for her community service, and her efforts in the post office toward increasing diversity within the postal system. Throughout her career in Greensboro, and elsewhere, she was actively involved in community service work . On loan from contributor. UNCG does not hold a physical copy of this item.
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Object ID	CC008.010
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Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grants For Libraries: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19
Full text	• 99 HON FAX NO. P. 02 REENSBORO PERFORMANCE CLUSTER c«EENSBOf o oisrwcr • cr.f f NseoHo p»o center • GRf tNseono owe 0ReENSBO«O AMC • RALEIGH P0 CENTER • RALEGM AMC • HICKOHr PAD f AClLlTY ROCKY MOUNT PtC FACILITY Postmaster Enola Mixon leaves mark on history I lay, February 1, 1 360 John f Kennedy was a .• x Iron Massacicsel's; it .vou'c Co rearly Pvao years before Attorney Ggr^ral Robct Kennedy :-c:?.re war or. 'ad«m and discrn-.nation !n mo UhRod States, f \.e years before Martin L jther King would te.id his 'F'eecom Maroh" oi Wasn.ngton, and seven years cofae racial volerce would ,;p trvojcjh tne cnt.re country four African American students a: No-ih Ca-oiiia a & T University n G'ctmscoro, NC wefkOd into re ocai F. \\ Wootworthe, tat down at tie 'unch co j tor and asked to DC served. irv/o.iid t>= QHficuK to magins that Iheao 'our youths j.iocretood tie ■mpact this one act would have or, reshau ng tthnic culture In (' e Ur tea Stales And. fc Eno a M on then a yojrg African American won-an In her 20 s, 'a sod in Gfeeneboro. it was the oeg>rn'ng cf a long smuggle toward 6cuai;y. Ms. Mixon net -e:urned to Greensboro as its postmaster. Her deep t es .o the area make her a natural choice fcr '.he pos ton and. her commitment tc :he area has not savored. She not only supported tno S't-;ns, she becarre Sectary fc the Grcensocrc Citizens Association, which organizes the act vi-.'os surround ng the 3 t-irs 11 rerrerroe' the day they mmm, r S ■L^S^a^M^~~ 1 1 1 Biff ■ tmt'm m & §'.'^:1; Greensboro, NC, Postmaster Enole Mixon visits the exhibit "The Greansboro Sit-ins'' at the Greensboro Historical Society and reflects on her involvement In the activities surrounding the sit-ins at F Hr*. Woolworth's. On February 1, 1960, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. (nowJibree! Khazan), and Joseph McNeil sat down at Woolworth's "white only" lunch counter, sparking a chain of events that Or. Martin Luther K'ng would later call 'the turning point of the civil rights movement.' waxed into Woolv.o'th'j Community leaders Qfltea tor a mooting or the si!-m met toi owing Scrday, and ! knew t Had o be there to offer my support. "We provided <:'.. . the students a^ci worked to ye: the conrm.Ln.ty involved," Eic'a reeaMa. We al.^o sat down with the wWte but noat community to Jeter.nine how the Integration would take place. We were tie nogotiatort tor the student group aio would eventually sthko an agreement that wou d end a nearly six-month siege on racial l once n Greensboro "i it never forge!r Apni of that year when TnurQQod Marthafl, then legal coimc i tor the NAACP. anc Or. Martin Ui'her Kiig pledgor '.ho r support of tie Sit-n. They were very powerful figures even then." Ma. Mixon thinks G'eens- bcro, then a mecum-s.-zeo sojthcri c ty o> 120,000 pecp'o, was ready tor integration in 19G0 'We had a wed educated African American population, (tot colleges! ard progretsiva white leaders who wanted tc portray tho ci'y as forwe/d-tMnking However. I don't think anything wou d have happened o^ its own We had tc make 'ho first rrove ' Tic studci te wore not served on that day but 24 more came back the next day and aver 60 the next cay, uni i tension ran so high mat the counte' was closed fcr three w;el«s. It took s x months 'or
OCLC number	925376229

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