Eric Moore oral history interview, May 17, 2012

Item information

Title:

Eric Moore oral history interview, May 17, 2012

Description:

Moore describes growing up in Durham, NC and his parents' involvement with the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, his decision to come to NC State and changing his major from engineering to speech communication, his relationship with Chancellor John Caldwell, campus dorm life and racial harrassment, working for WKNC, getting involved with student government, the campus reaction to the Vietnam War, the Society of Afro-American Culture (SAAC), physical plant protests and employees, life as a graduate student with a family at Ohio University, managing an American Forces Radio and Television station while stationed in Guam, his career working in radio, and becoming Director of Communications at Fayetteville State University. [Preferred citation: Interview with Eric Moore by Genya O'Gara, 17 May 2012, Student Leaders Oral Histories, MC 00401, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]

Topics:

University History

Subjects:

College radio stations -- North Carolina
College student government
College students -- North Carolina -- Leadership
Racism in higher education

Original Format:

Digital video recording, sound, color

Extent:

1:51:00

Item identifier:

mc00401-oh-moore-20120517

Interviewer:

O'Gara, Genya more info on O'Gara, Genya 

Interviewee:

Moore, Eric N. more info on Moore, Eric N. 

Created Date:

2012-05-17

Genre:

Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)

Names:

Moore, Eric N. more info on Moore, Eric N. 
North Carolina State University -- Students more info on North Carolina State University -- Students 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

Student Leaders Oral Histories