First Year Impressions

This personal account by Guilford College student Beth Taylor describes her participation in the sit-ins in Greensboro during 1963 offers background information about the movement and why she felt it was important to get involved. The account also includes the details of her arrest. This piece is also significant as Taylor offers a view of the College's reaction to these events which she felt to be contrary to the Quaker values of equality and justice. The account was written for members of her Friends Meeting in Pennsylvania.

Account of Participation in the Sit-Ins

See the full collection, including the items listed below, online.

• Beth Taylor's Arrest Record
• Poll on Guilford College study body position on intergration demonstrations 
• Newspaper article on the May 15, 1963 protest action and arrests
• (Beth Taylor one of the four white students mentioned but not identified.)
• Materials and correspondence Beth received from her home town meeting in support of her action.