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Anne Steele oral history interview, 2015 April 11
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Creator
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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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Description
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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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Arneichia Green oral history interview, 2016 April 20
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Creator
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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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Description
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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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David Ruch oral history interview, 2017 November 20
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Creator
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Ruch, David (Life coach)
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Date Created
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2017-11-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling, Personal coaching, Homelessness, Church, Community development, School integration, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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David Ruch served as a board adviser for the Optimist Park Community Association in 2017. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, Mr. Ruch details his experience in integrated public schools, his move to Charlotte in the early 2000s, and how his faith and ...
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Girvaud Justice oral history interview 3, 2006 August 25
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Creator
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Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
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Date Created
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2006-08-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Gentrification, City planning, Community development corporations, Community development, Urban, Citizens' associations
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Description
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Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...
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Pauline Simuel oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Simuel, Pauline B. (Pauline Bonita), 1945-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, Drug traffic, Urban transportation--Public opinion, Gentrification, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Pauline Simuel describes her life and her commitment to the Optimist Park community in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her history with Habitat for Humanity, from building homes to moving into her own Habitat home in Optimist Park in 1986...
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Victoria Gaither oral history interview, 2016 March 23
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Creator
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Gaither, Victoria, 1959-
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Date Created
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2016-03-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban transportation--Public opinion, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Victoria Gaither, who has lived in the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1990, discusses her life history and her experience of living in Optimist Park. She notes that her immediate neighbors form a cohesive group becau...