ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A Change Is Gonna Come: Black, Indian, and White Voices for Racial Equality Dedication The Civil Rights Online Exhibit Team dedicates this site to the individuals who have worked and continue to strive for equality among the races in North Carolina, in the nation, and throughout the world. Project Sponsors The museum gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following institutions toward the development of the Civil Rights exhibit project. www.gsk.com ABKCO Music & Records Inc., www.abkco.com National Endowment for the Humanities Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Mary Duke Biddle Foundation North Carolina Museum of History Associates WakeMed Lord Corporation African American Heritage Commission Support Through the Years Throughout the years of this project s development, numerous people and organizations contributed their time, expertise, personal stories, objects, and images. The online exhibit team offers heartfelt gratitude to all of the following: Civil Rights Exhibit Advisory Board Dr. Lavonia Allison Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Ms. Sylvia Barnes Mr. Bruce Barton The Honorable Dexter Brooks (deceased) Dr. Millicent Ellison Brown Mr. Dale Deese
Dr. Linda O. McMurry Edwards The Honorable Milton F. Toby Fitch Jr. Rev. Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw Jr. Mr. Cyrus King Rep. Henry M. Mickey Michaux Jr. Dr. Slater Newman Dr. Elliott B. Palmer Sr. The Honorable Bunny Sanders Honorary Curators Dr. John Hope Franklin (deceased) The Honorable Henry Frye Dr. Paula Giddings Honorary Advisers The Honorable Ralph Campbell Jr. (deceased) Ms. Waltye Rasulala Professor Chuck Stone National Academic Advisory Panel Dr. Lonnie G. Bunch Dr. William H. Chafe Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow Ms. Angela Fisher Hall Dr. Debra Newman Ham Professor Lynne Olson Dr. Helen M. Scheirbeck Dr. Cleveland L. Sellers Jr. Contributors, Donors, and Lenders to the Exhibit Kelly Alexander Alexander M. Rivera Jr. image, courtesy of North Carolina Central University Alliance for Art and Ethics The American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island American Legion Andrew A. Small Collection Associated Press Paul Baker Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Bruce Barton Doris McLean Bates Bayard Rustin Estate Thomas Belton Charles E. Bethea Bettmann Collection, Corbis Corporation Dorothea Bitler Diane Bloom
Josephine Boyd Andrew Brooks Bruce Davidson photograph, courtesy of Magnum Photos Elizabeth F. Buford Emily Busey Carolina Times Michelle Carr Rebecca Cerese Julius Chambers C. G. O Kelly Library, Winston-Salem State University Charles Cooper photograph, courtesy of Durham Herald-Sun Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial Chowan Discovery Group Clarence Gaines Family Ed Clayton Common Core of Data, U.S. Department of Education s National Center for Education Statistics The Croatan Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina Jefferson Currie II Maureen Dial Digital Forsyth Durham Herald-Sun Durham Public Library Eastern Band of Cherokee Travel and Promotion Kimberly Gordon Eaton Stephen Edgerton Chad Evans Mary Elizabeth Finlator Amanda Foss Golden Frinks Ruth Frinks Clarence Big House Gaines Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia Dr. Glenda Gilmore Christopher Graham U.S. Government Printing Office Gray Honeycutt photograph, StarNews Collection, courtesy New Hanover Public Library Greensboro Civil Rights Web Page, Greensboro Historical Museum, J. A. Armfield Papers Greensboro News and Record Library Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe Thomas Cofield Hardaway Harold Moore photographs, courtesy of Durham Herald-Sun Robert Harrell HKonJ.com Luther Hodges Joseph Holt Hulton-Deutsch Collection, Corbis Corporation Earl Ijames Indian Historian Press Indian Normal School
International Center of Photography International Civil Rights Center and Museum Internet Charles Irving Vivian Irving Jack Moebes image, courtesy of Corbis Corporation Jack Preiss Collection, Duke University Archives Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina Joe Tyner photo, Charlotte Observer Ruth Stewart Johnson Joyner Library, East Carolina University Katie King Charles LeCount Mac Legerton Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Carnell Locklear Curt Locklear Janie Maynor Locklear Sanford Locklear Lumbee Guaranty Bank Mabel R. Williams Collection McKissick Collection, North Carolina Museum of History Dr. Charmaine McKissick Melton Deanna Kerrigan Mitchell Museum of the Cherokee Indian Museum of the Native American Resource Center, UNC Pembroke National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records, Library of Congress National Public Radio (NPR) Naacpnc.org News and Observer Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives Deborah Holt Noel North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Digital NC North Carolina and the Negro North Carolina Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs North Carolina Department of Public Instruction North Carolina ECHO Project North Carolina Education Research Data Center North Carolina Museum of History Collection North Carolina Museum of History Staff North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Collection North Carolina Office of Archives and History North Carolina State Archives Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, Women in Congress Commander Thomas Oxendine, USN (Ret.) Dr. Freddie Parker Dale Pennington Pope House Museum Foundation Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Archives
Richard B. Harrison Public Library, Wake County Public Library System The Robesonian, State Library of North Carolina Roger B. Foushee Collection Saint Augustine s College Samuel S. Mitchell Collection Shawn Saunders James Shelton Ann Hunt Smith Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries Shirl Spicer State Library of North Carolina State Library of North Carolina, Winston-Salem Journal Collection Louise and Chuck Stone Ronnie Neal Sutton Martha P. Tracy Union County Library University at Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, Jackson Davis Collection University of North Carolina University Libraries, The Southern Historical Collection, Charles M. Jones Papers Millie Dunn Veasey Video Dialog Inc. Wachovia Historical Society Collection; photograph courtesy of Old Salem Museums and Gardens Wayne State University WBTV, Charlotte William Weathersbee WFMY-TV, Greensboro Janice C. Williams Virginia Williams Winston-Salem State University Archives Winston-Salem Transit Authority WRAL.com W. W. Finlator Collection Kathleen Wyche Yanker Poster Collection, Library of Congress Merritt Youngdeer Jr. Disclaimer for Civil Rights Online Site Images featured and opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the views of the North Carolina Museum of History, the Division of State History Museums, the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, or any other state agency.