Lightner's death follows by a few weeks the passing of the Rev. Arthur Calloway, a former city councilor and another of Raleigh's civil rights era leaders. The new Raleigh City Museum is trying to collect oral histories from that generation's leaders, and from rank-and-file folk in the movement, before it's too late. Unfortunately, Lightner's failing health caused several scheduled interviews to be postponed, so his will not be among them. But a number already are, and they're part of the museum's current exhibit, Let Us March On: Raleigh's Journey Toward Civil Rights.
The museum needs volunteers to help identify interview subjects and to conduct the interviews themselves. Each interview takes about 50 hours, according to Ken Peters, the museum's education coordinator. Much of it is preparation time. If you know someone with a story to tell about Raleigh and civil rights days, or you want to help with the interviews, Peters asks you to call him at (919) 832-3775.
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