Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina by Marvin Ira Lare

Author:Marvin Ira Lare [Lare, Marvin Ira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781611177251
Barnesnoble:
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

*This interview was conducted at the Bonds home in Georgetown, South Carolina, with Sharen Mapp and Harolyn Siau also involved, on November 8, 2005.

Lottie Gibson, the Bridge That Brought Me Over

Marvin Lare [ML]:* This is Tuesday, May the twenty-third, 2006, and I’m in Greenville, in the office of Mrs. Lottie Gibson at Greenville Tech Central Campus. How are you today?

Lottie Gibson [LG]: I’m nicely, thank you.

ML: Very good. You were just asking what the project is about, and as I mentioned, we’re focusing on civil rights in South Carolina in the mid-twentieth century, from about 1930 to 1980, and as I had said, you certainly qualify as being a significant person in that history and that leadership. We’d like you to share with us your experiences and perspective on that era for this and future generations.

LG: Well, certainly it has been a very difficult period. It has been a real struggling period for many of us who’ve felt like we needed to fight for what we perceived to be freedom for us. We made some advancements during that period and just about the time we thought we were about to overcome, we realized that there are many challenges yet to experience and many challenges to overcome.

Mine was more than an opportunity and privilege in that I was married to Dr. W. F. Gibson, who was a real activist for justice for all people. [He] supported me in my efforts so that I would not have to go into the workplace at that time, and I could concentrate on how we could benefit [moving] forward.

He passed away in June of ’02 and there’s been a real void in the community, and I think in the state, the region, and really at the nation, because we get lots of telephone calls telling us and saying if “Doc” still lived, as he was affectionately called, he would certainly attack things that are happening now.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.