Oral history interview with Irene Byrd on January 13, 1990. Interviewer: a student enrolled in the "Growing Up Southern" course.
Remembrance of the first black politician.
Byrd talks about Durham's black mayor--the reaction then and now, black people voting--the reaction, violence at the polls, black people in the work force, segregation, race relations, raised in Durham, black people in the workforce, black people being less accepted, the role of education, black Politicians, helping the homeless, not fulfilling political promises, black people in high offices, a black president, ministers in politics, Martin Luther King Jr.
