In this transcript of a June 18, 1990, oral history interview conducted by Kathleen Hoke with Prince E. Graves, Graves discusses his childhood in segregated Greensboro, his faith, and his later role as a black minister in the city during the civil rights movement and as member of the city council. He presents his opinions of race relations and how they have evolved in Greensboro and nationally, including political developments through the 1980s.