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Oral history interview with William Culp, February 19, 1999 interview K-0277, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Interview K-0277, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Interview with William Culp, February 19, 1999 (portion title)

Culp, William B. A., 1943- (Interviewee). Grundy, Pamela (Interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: William B.A. Culp, Jr., describes his experiences as a white teacher in post-desegregation Charlotte, N.C. Culp spent only one semester at West Charlotte High School, but the school left an impression on him. Culp describes a relatively harmonious school where students and teachers were committed to maintaining an aura of respect and cooperation between black and white students, teachers, and administrators. Their efforts appear to have been successful. His experience at West Charlotte, in combination with his upbringing and a stint in the Army, left Culp a strong believer in racial diversity and an advocate for interracial cooperation. While optimistic, Culp thinks that progress toward a "colorblind" society is slow.

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Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006.

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General Note:	Duration: 00:49:44. Interview participants: William Culp, interviewee; Pamela Grundy, interviewer. Text encoded by Natalia Smith. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers. This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South. Title from menu page (viewed on June 15, 2007).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 61.7 kilobytes, 91 megabytes.
Original Version Note:	Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0277, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by L. Altizer. Original transcript: 24 p.
Funding Information Note:	Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.