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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 57 interviews |
| Abstract | The Southern Oral History Program conducts and collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Series P: Southern Journalism interviews explore journalism, media, and reporting in the American South. Media includes radio, television, film, and photography. |
| Creator | Southern Oral History Program. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English. |
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Processing Information
Finding aid for Series P: Southern Journalism (04007P) created and encoded by Laura Hart in June 2019.
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Historical Information
In 1973, the History Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established an oral history program devoted to the study of the southern region of the United States.
The Southern Oral History Program collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Interviews are conducted by Program staff, graduate students, faculty members, and consultants. The Program also serves as a collecting agency, accepting donations of tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by other researchers.
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Scope and Content
Interviews in this series explore journalism, media, and reporting in the American South. Media includes radio, television, film, and photography.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
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Series P.1. Southern Journalism: Media and the Movement.
The Media and the Movement collection includes oral histories with founders and deejays at influential, independent, minority-owned and operated radio stations, and others involved in independent media after the 1960s. Interviews include journalists, producers, activists, and politicians, all discussing facets of this media era and ongoing activist work. Altogether, this collection comprises an aural snapshot of a moment in American history when budding activists were pushing the boundaries of what the legal successes of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s accomplished. These activists explored the legacies of the classical phase of the Civil Rights Movement by using the spoken word, music, art, storytelling, and journalism to continue to redefine the relationship between the powerful and the less powerful.
WAFR-Durham, WRFG-Atlanta, and WVSP-Warrenton were three pioneering radio stations established by civil rights and Black Power activists in 1970s South in the wake of both the black freedom struggle, and expansion of federal support for non-commercial media. WAFR, which stood for Wave Africa, was founded in 1971 by African American activists Robert Spruill, Vincent Spruill, Obataiye Akinwole, Ralph Williams, and Donald Baker and became the nation's first-ever non-commercial community-based, black-operated radio station. In 1973, the community broadcaster WRFG, or Radio Free Georgia, began broadcasting in Atlanta. Although founded by white civil rights and anti-war activists Harlon Joye and Barbara Joye, WRFG became one of the city's few multiracial radical institutions. It quickly attracted black activists such as Tim Hayes, a founding member of the Atlanta chapter of the Black Panther Party, veterans of the Southern Nonviolent Coordinating Committee such as Fay Bellamy, and Black Arts luminaries such as Ebon Dooley. WVSP was founded in Warrenton in 1976 by Jim and Valeria Lee who, along with early program director Jereann King Johnson, had actively participated in Black Power organizations in the late 1960s and early 1970s. WSVP broadcast developed a multiracial staff. It ran for 10 years and was one of the nation's premier rural radio stations during its time.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
No restrictions. Open to research.
Obataiye Akinwole, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 12 May 2010
| Digital Folder P-0001 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Harry Amana, African American professor, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 13 January 2014
| Digital Folder P-0002 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Donald Baker, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 9 November 2010
| Digital Folder P-0003 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Alma Blount, white photographer, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 10 July 2014
| Digital Folder P-0004 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Lewis Brandon, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 14 January 2013
| Digital Folder P-0005 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Closed at the request of the donor.
Evangeline Grant Briley, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Katherine Charron. 13 March 2014
| Digital Folder P-0006 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
Digital supplementary materials |
No restrictions. Open to research.
Margaret Brown and Catherine Smith with interviewer Seth Kotch. 23 January 2015
| Digital Folder P-0007 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Joel Bulkley, white journalist, with interviewer Joey Fink. 15 August 2014
| Digital Folder P-0008 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
Digital pictures
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Tom Campbell, white journalist, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 22 August 2014
| Digital Folder P-0009 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Lorna Chafe, white publisher, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 5 September 2014
| Digital Folder P-0010 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Robert Chapman, white developer, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 7 December 2010
| Digital Folder P-0011 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Robert Chapman, white real estate developer, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 24 June 2014
| Digital Folder P-0012 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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Closed. No release form received.
Paul Coates, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 12 June 2012
| Digital Folder P-0013 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Stephanie Coffin, white publisher, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 8 March 2014
| Digital Folder P-0014 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Milton Coleman, African American journalist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 2 August 2013
| Digital Folder P-0015 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Casey Czarnick, white publisher, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 12 May 2015
| Digital Folder P-0016 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Closed. No release form received.
Garrett Davis, African American writer, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 18 March 2011
| Digital Folder P-0017 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Kenneth Edmonds, African American publisher, with interviewer Jerry Gershenhorn. 15 July 2013
| Digital Folder P-0018 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Sara Evans, white publisher, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 8 November 2014
| Digital Folder P-0019 |
Digital transcript
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Signe Waller Foxworth, white activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 8 March 2014
| Digital Folder P-0020 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Howard Fuller, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 11 November 2013
| Digital Folder P-0021 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Jim Grant, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 29 July 2014
| Digital Folder P-0022 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Bob Hall, white activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 5 December 2013
| Digital Folder P-0023 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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Closed. No release form received.
Yvonne Lewis Holley, African American politician, with interviewer Holly Smith. 21 June 2014
| Digital Folder P-0024 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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Closed until 18 September 2022.
Sandra Day Hughes, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Lorraine Ahearn. 18 September 2013
| Digital Folder P-0025 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Paul Jervay, African American publisher, with interviewer Jerry Gershenhorn. 25 January 2013
| Digital Folder P-0026 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
Digital pictures
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Permission of interviewee/interviewer required to quote from interview.
Jereann King Johnson, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 20 November 2010
| Digital Folder P-0027 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Barbara Joye, white activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 7 August 2014
| Digital Folder P-0028 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Harlon Joye, white activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 6 August 2014
| Digital Folder P-0029 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Arnie Katz, Jewish American activist, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 14 August 2014
| Digital Folder P-0030 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Bill Lawson, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 24 March 2011
| Digital Folder P-0031 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Jim Lee, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 16 November 2010
| Digital Folder P-0032 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Valeria Lee, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 17 March 2011
| Digital Folder P-0033 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Larry Little, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 22 August 2014
| Digital Folder P-0034 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Daphne Muse, African American journalist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 23 May 2014
| Digital Folder P-0035 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Lewis Myers, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 9 May 2013
| Digital Folder P-0036 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Jake Phelps, white journalist, with interviewer Gordon Mantler. 31 July 2014
| Digital Folder P-0037 |
Digital transcript
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Mark Pinsky, white journalist, with interviewer Gordon Mantler. 13 May 2013
| Digital Folder P-0038 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Ernie Pitt, African American publisher, with interviewer Jerry Gershenhorn. 5 March 2014
| Digital Folder P-0039 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Paul Pope, African American Artists, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 10 June 2013
| Digital Folder P-0040 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Milo Pyne, white journalist, with interviewer Gordon Mantler. 28 June 2013
| Digital Folder P-0041 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Dee Reid, white journalist, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 23 August 2013
| Digital Folder P-0042 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
James Robinson, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 19 May 2013
| Digital Folder P-0043 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Leon Rooke, white writer, with interviewer Joey Fink. 3 May 2013
| Digital Folder P-0044 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Steven Schewel, white publisher, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 9 August 2013
| Digital Folder P-0045 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Wayne Gilbert Sharpe, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 7 June 2013
| Digital Folder P-0046 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Vincent Spruill, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 26 April 2013
| Digital Folder P-0047 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Jeffrey Starkweather, white politician, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 25 September 2013
| Digital Folder P-0048 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Sue Sturgis, white director, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 19 August 2013
| Digital Folder P-0049 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Ed Vaughn, African American politician, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 5 and 6 June 2013
| Digital Folder P-0050 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
George Vlasits, white activist, with interviewer Gordon Mantler. 19 June 2013
| Digital Folder P-0051 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Willie Walls, African American Presidents, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 30 May 2013
| Digital Folder P-0052 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Clarence Williams, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 12 April 2013
| Digital Folder P-0053 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Ralph Williams, African American activist, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 13 November 2010
| Digital Folder P-0054 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Terverious Williams and Ralph Williams, African American activists, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 29 March 2013
| Digital Folder P-0055 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Annie Mae Williamson, African American radio and television employee, with interviewer Joshua Davis. 30 May 2013
| Digital Folder P-0056 |
Digital transcript Digital audio
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No restrictions. Open to research.
Barry Yeoman, Jewish American journalist, with interviewer Seth Kotch. 22 August 2013
| Digital Folder P-0057 |
Digital transcript Digital audio Digital video
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