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Oral Histories

Oral histories of Durham residents were collected to document their experiences related to local civil rights history. Audio recordings and PDFs of the transcripts of those histories are available here.

Howard Fuller

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Naomi Goldston

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Naomi Goldston Transcript (PDF)

Kristin Herzog

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Kristin Herzog Transcript (PDF)

Luther M. Holman

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Luther M. Holman Transcript (PDF)

Peter Klopfer

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Peter Klopfer Transcript (PDF)

Charles Leslie

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Charles Leslie Transcript (PDF)

Oren Marsh

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Oren Marsh Transcript (PDF)

Beulah Mason

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Beulah Mason Transcript (PDF)

Faye Bryant Mayo

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Faye Bryant Mayo Transcript (PDF)

Evelyn McKissick and Charmain McKissick-Melton

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Evelyn McKissick and Charmain McKissick-Melton Transcript (PDF)

Phyllis Nuchurch

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Phyllis Nuchurch Transcript (PDF)

Milo Pyne

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Milo Pyne Transcript (PDF)

Royal Ice Cream Sit-down Strike Panel Discussion

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Royal Ice Cream Sit-down Strike Panel Discussion Transcript (PDF)

Jane T. Ryan

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Jane T. Ryan Transcript (PDF)

Annie C. Smith

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Annie C. Smith Transcript (PDF)

Jennifer Smith-Wyatt

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Jennifer Smith-Wyatt Transcript (PDF)

Ben Speller

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Nathan L. Thomas

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Nathan L. Thomas Transcript (PDF)

Virginia Williams

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Virginia Williams Transcript (PDF)