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Aman Agah oral history interview, 2020 May 29
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Creator
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Agah, Aman
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Date Created
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2020-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
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Aman Agah, adjunct faculty in Women's and Gender Studies and International Studies at UNC Charlotte, shares their experience at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019 and how they connected with students and felt concern in the aftermath of the ca...
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Amy Foster oral history interview, 2019
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Creator
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Foster, Amy, 1965-
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Date Created
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2019-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Livestock, Farms, Cattle, Chickens, Farmers' markets, Social media, Urbanization
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Description
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Amy Foster discusses her twelve years as a livestock farmer and co-owner of Gilcrest Natural Farm in Iron Station, North Carolina. Mrs. Foster describes how her desire to control her food and develop her land were factors that led her to become a ...
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Andrea Pitts oral history interview, 2021, November 17
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Creator
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Pitts, Andrea J.
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Date Created
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2021-11-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Philosophy, Philosophy, Mexican, College teachers, LGBTQ+ employment
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Description
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Dr. Andrea Pitts, Associate Professor of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte, discusses their personal background and how that has affected the way they think about the world and the current problems facing Latinx students at the University. On their moth...
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Andrew P. Haywood oral history interview 3, 1997 November 4
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Creator
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Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006
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Date Created
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1997-11-04
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Subjects--Topical
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High schools--Administration, High school principals, School integration, Race relations in school management, Teacher-student relationships
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Dr. Andrew "Sam" Haywood discusses his role as principal of Independence and West Charlotte High Schools and as chairman of county high school principals during the turbulent years of desegregation. He describes the benefits of desegregation and r...
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Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
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Creator
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Baxter, Andy
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Date Created
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1999-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
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Description
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Andy Baxter talks about his experiences as a student at West Charlotte High School, where he was student council president in his senior year. Mr. Baxter reflects on his experiences with racial integration at the school, speaking at length about t...
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Andy Calhoun oral history interview, 2021 April 6
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Creator
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Calhoun, Andy
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Date Created
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2021-04-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Equality, Social problems--Economic aspects
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Andy Calhoun spent his entire career at the Charlotte YMCA. He started as an assistant youth director in 1972 and retired as CEO in 2016. During that time, he helped manage an era of rapid growth of the Charlotte YMCA, which paralleled the tremend...
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Angel Truesdale oral history interview, 2020 December 2
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Creator
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Truesdale, Angel
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Date Created
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2020-12-02
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, University Librarian, Political participation
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Description
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Angel Truesdale shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from Spring 2004 to 2008. [All times approximate] She shares her decision to come to UNC Charlotte as a native of Charlotte [2:20], her experience as a commuter stu...
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Ann Carver oral history interview 1, 2018 February 22
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Creator
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Carver, Ann C.
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Date Created
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2018-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Charlotte Three, African Americans--Education
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Dr. Ann Carver recounts her formative years, her college experiences, and her career at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She discusses how the tragic death of her husband served as a turning point in her life, and how her subsequent ...
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Ann Carver oral history interview 2, 2023 April 12
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Creator
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Carver, Ann C.
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Date Created
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2023-04-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Women's studies--Curricula, Women in education, Sex discrimination against women, Africana studies
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Dr. Ann Carver discusses the development of the Women and Gender Studies Program at UNC Charlotte in the 1970s, illustrating the attitude towards women at the University at the time and the initiative of the female students who catalyzed the devel...
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Ann Mabe Newman, Dona Harton Haney, and nursing colleagues oral history interview, 2017 June 6
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Creator
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Haney, Dona Harton
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Date Created
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2017-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Education--Research, Nursing, Nurses, Nursing--Study and teaching, Nursing schools--Faculty, Nursing schools--Curricula, Medicine
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Dr. Ann Newman, and Dona Haney organized this interview as part of their research into the history of the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing in preparation to write and publish a book to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the school in 2018, (Ms. ...
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Ann Williams and Jim Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ann, 1940-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantations, Historical reenactments, History--Research, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslavement
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Ann and Jim Williams talk about their shared experiences as historical researchers, reenactors, and authors of local history books related to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Major themes of their discussion include slavery and the lives of ens...
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Ann Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ann, 1940-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Relations with slaves, Plantations, Letters, Slavery, Hand weaving, Agricultural laborers, History--Research, Enslavement
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Ann Williams reflects on her path to becoming an antebellum historian. She describes how the growth of her interest, research, and immersion in her subject led to her publishing multiple books. [All times approximate] [0:00:45] Introduction to his...
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt oral history interview, 1993 June 1
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Heafner, Anna Lou, 1920-2011
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Date Created
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1993-06-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Country life
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt describe their experiences playing basketball in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (now part of Charlotte) during the 1930s. They talk about how many of the girls w...
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Anne Steele oral history interview, 2015 April 11
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Steele, Anne, 1930-
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Date Created
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2015-04-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American neighborhoods
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Anne Steele recalls initially moving to the Historic Washington Heights community in Charlotte North Carolina to provide assistance to her aging aunt in the 1990s. Thinking about the twenty years she has spent living in the neighborhood, she remem...
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Annie Diggs oral history interview, 2001 October 30
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Diggs, Annie Mae, 1926-2008
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Date Created
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2001-10-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Chores, Gardening, Community gardens, Vegetable gardening, Cooking, American
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Annie Mae Diggs recalls growing up in the country in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, helping to found the Wilmore Community Garden in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her relationship with gardening. She discusses cho...
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Anson Eaves oral history interview, 2019 March 28
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Eaves, Anson E. (Anson Eugene), 1970-
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Date Created
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2019-03-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Feed mills, Livestock, Farms
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Anson Eaves, owner and operator of Bethel Feed & Farm in Midland, North Carolina, discusses the past, current, and future operations of the feed mill, a third generation business originally owned by his grandfather. The interview covers a variety ...
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Anthony Simmons oral history interview, 2021 February 22
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Simmons, Anthony Levon
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Date Created
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2021-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planners, Out-of-state students
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UNC Charlotte alumnus Anthony Simmons discusses his experience as a student between 1998 and 2002. [All times are approximate]. Introduction and personal background growing up in Anniston, Alabama [:59]. Decision to apply to UNC Charlotte as an ou...
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Anthony Zeiss oral history interview, 2013 January 14
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Creator
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Zeiss, Anthony
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Date Created
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2013-01-14
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Subjects--Topical
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State bonds, Campus planning
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Dr. Anthony (Tony) Zeiss, president of Central Piedmont Community College, (CPCC), in Charlotte North Carolina from 1992-2016, discusses his association with Chancellor James H. Woodward of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (UNC Charl...
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Arneichia Green oral history interview, 2016 April 20
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Green, Arneichia, 1965-
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Date Created
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2016-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Arneichia Green discusses the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she has lived since 1997. She stresses her appreciation for the opportunity to move into a Habitat home through the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project...
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Arthur Goodman Jr. oral history interview, 1990 April 22
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Goodman, Arthur, Jr., 1926-2003
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Date Created
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1990-04-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish religious education of young people, Passover--Customs and practices, Political participation, Jews--Political activity, Zionism
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Longtime Charlotte resident Arthur Goodman Jr. recalls his memories of life as a member of the city's Jewish community during the twentieth century. He reminisces about family Passover traditions, Jewish education, and the positive impact his rabb...