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Charlotte

Civil Rights

Environmental Transformations

Piedmont Industrialization

Southern Politics

Southern Women

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Blyden Jackson

1.	Blyden Jackson, June 27, 1991. Interview L-0051. African American Professor Integrates Faculty at University of North Carolina: A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Blyden Jackson devoted his life to education. Beginning as a teacher for the WPA during the Great Depression, Jackson eventually taught at Fisk University and Southern University, before becoming the first African American professor at the University of North Carolina. In this interview, he discusses the trajectory of his academic career, paying particular attention to issues of race and education. Interviewee: Blyden Jackson Interviewer: Freddie L. Parker Duration: 01:09:24 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 4 excerpts.

Blyden Jackson, June 27, 1991. Interview L-0051.
African American Professor Integrates Faculty at University of North Carolina: A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Blyden Jackson devoted his life to education. Beginning as a teacher for the WPA during the Great Depression, Jackson eventually taught at Fisk University and Southern University, before becoming the first African American professor at the University of North Carolina. In this interview, he discusses the trajectory of his academic career, paying particular attention to issues of race and education.
Interviewee: Blyden Jackson Interviewer: Freddie L. Parker
Duration: 01:09:24 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 4 excerpts.

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