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Robert Smith - On his childhood, education, and school integration

Interviewed by Bob Gilgor on February 12, 2001

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s Lincoln High School, the historically black secondary school that closed in 1962 when a school desegregation plan was implemented. Interviewees discuss African American life and race relations in Chapel Hill, as well as education, discipline, extracurricular activities, and high school social life before and after integration.

Tags: Coach Peerman, desegregation, Glenwood Elementary, Guy B. Phillips Junior High, Lincoln High School, Merritt's store, segregation, Sports; Athletics, UNC

Oral history interview of Smith, Robert conducted by Gilgor, Bob on February 12, 2001 at Office of Robert Smith, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Southern Oral History Program, “Robert Smith - On his childhood, education, and school integration,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 23, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/robert-smith-on-his-childhood-education-and-school-integration.

Rights: Researcher must obtain written permission of interviewee, interviewer, director of the Southern Oral History Program, or director of the Chapel Hill Museum for publication.

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