Interview with Lin Forney

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Lin Forney

Subject

African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights
Autobiography
Civil Rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Forney, Lin -- Interviews
North Carolina, Western -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
School integration

Description

Lin Forney talks about growing up in segregated communities in Western North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s, her memories of the Civil Rights Movement, experiences with school desegregation including resistance from the white students, and the effects of integration on the sense of community.

Creator

Forney, Lin

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
2014-10-24

Contributor

West, Ashley

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf;
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

35620
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35620

Date Created

2015-03-02

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Haywood County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

0:36:44 (sound recording)(duration)
15 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Forney, Lin, “Interview with Lin Forney,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35620.