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