Brooks Nelson Goolsby oral history interview, undated

Interviewed by Stephen Tuck. Among topics discussed: Origins and early history of Talbot County and Woodland; John Woodall, Sr. and Georgia Cushion and Wrapper Company; Goolsby’s life and activity in Woodland; school children cheering at news of John F. Kennedy’s assassination; integration of schools in Woodland; results of Brown v. Board of Education; murder of Willie Jean Carreker by Woodland police officer; Goolsby on the African American community; Albert Turner; Tyrone Brooks in Woodland; Goolsby on demands of Woodland blacks; Goolsby acquiesces to demands; Goolsby discusses protests, demonstrations, and marches surrounding Brooks’s visit in Woodland; Will Campbell; Albert Turner; Goolsby’s role in the city council; Woodland City Council holds secret meeting in nearby Manchester; Tyrone Brooks; out-migration of young whites from Woodland; NAACP’s involvement in Woodland