Interview with Wilma King Means

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Wilma King Means

Subject

African American teachers
African Americans -- Education
African Americans -- Social life and customs
African Americans -- Sports
Lutheran Church
Means, Wilma King
School integration
Segregation in education
Teachers

Description

Born in 1954 in Concord, North Carolina, Wilma King Means details her experiences growing up in a segregated school system in Cabarrus County as well as going through the process of integration. She also shares the school experiences of her mother, her children, and her own as an educator. Means discusses discrimination and ways that her family learned to safeguard themselves, such as using the Green Book when traveling in the south, traveling in groups, and not stopping where a Confederate flag was displayed.

Creator

Means, Wilma King

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History

Date

2023-04-15

Contributor

Glosson, Anna

Rights

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

Format

sound recordings
transcripts

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

71839
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71839

Spatial Coverage

Cabarrus County (N.C.)
Concord (N.C.)

Extent

1:15:43(duration)
26(pages)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Means, Wilma King, “Interview with Wilma King Means,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/71839.