Esther M.A. Terry, Ph. D. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.28.1a, 2011.174.28.1b, 2011.174.28.1c, 2011.174.28.1d, 2011.174.28.1e, 2011.174.28.1f, 2011.174.28.1g, 2011.174.28.1h, 2011.174.28.1i, 2011.174.28.1j.

Esther M. A. Terry Ph.D. remembers growing up in Wise, North Carolina, and attending Bennett College. She recalls planning the Greensboro Woolworth's sit-in with students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (later North Carolina A &T University), being arrested for her participation, and the support of the Bennett College President, Dr. Willa Player. She also discusses attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her master's degree, and founding the African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus), where she earned her Ph.D. and taught for many years.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 6, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Esther M. A. Terry Ph. D., American, born 1939
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Bennett College, American, founded 1873
• Subject of: F. W. Woolworth Company, American, 1879 - 1997
• Subject of: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American, founded 1890
• Subject of: Willa Beatrice Player, American, 1909 - 2003
• Subject of: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American, founded 1789
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 16 min., 28 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 127.7 GB
• Place collected: Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Wise, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2011.174.28.1a-j
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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