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A Service of Hope and Inspiration through Drama, Dance, and Music, Rev. Dr. Carl Arrington, RAIN in partnership with The Balm in Gilead Inc.
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Creator (Corporate)
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RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Date Created
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2006-03-07
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, Baptists, Religious gatherings, African American churches, African Americans--Religion
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Evening religious service at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church on the topic of HIV/AIDS. Begins with a sermon in the evening. Begins with a call to worship, hymns and preaching. (7:50) Prayer for members of the church challenged by HIV. Prayer fo...
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Arthur Wallace Sr. oral history interview, 2004 March 18
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Creator
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Wallace, Arthur, 1916-
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Date Created
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2004-03-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Amusements, Urban renewal
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Description
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Arthur Wallace Sr. shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He focuses on his experiences attending Friendship Baptist Missionary Church, which he joined in 1933, including church le...
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Arthur Williams oral history interview, 2007 March 30
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Creator
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Williams, Arthur, 1931-
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Date Created
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2007-03-30
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American families, African American schools, Barbershops, Urban renewal, Amusements
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Description
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Arthur Williams shares his memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses residents and small businesses in Brooklyn, including his uncle's barbershop, N.G. Edwards Barber,...
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Barbara Davis Crawford oral history interview, 2004 March 27
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Creator
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Crawford, Barbara Davis, 1943-
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Date Created
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2004-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention, African Americans--Education, School sports--Social aspects, African American schools, Teacher-student relationships, African American business enterprises, African American churches, Urban renewal
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Description
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Barbara Crawford shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes some of the homes that she lived in growing up, and a house fire that destroyed her family's possess...
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Black Church Week of Prayer Service, Part II
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Creator (Corporate)
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RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Date Created
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2005-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, Baptists, Religious gatherings, African American churches
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Partial recording of a program at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, which was a part of Black Church Week of Prayer. RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network) President and CEO Deobrah (Debbie) Warren thanks church members, members of...
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Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
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Creator
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Brown, Calvin L. (Calvin Lee), 1935-
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Date Created
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2007-04-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American lawyers, Discrimination in public accommodations, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal, African American churches, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Calvin Brown shares his memories of living in Charlotte, North Carolina during a time when segregation was being challenged by civil rights groups. He moved to Charlotte in 1961 after completing law school, and discusses representing clients, part...
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Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2007-04-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City and town life, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal
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Description
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Charles Jones shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He describes the sense of community pride in Brooklyn's residents and their close-knit relationships, differences between Charl...
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Christine R. Bowser oral history interview, 2007 April 13
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Creator
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Bowser, Christine, 1934-
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Date Created
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2007-04-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans and libraries, African American churches, Amusements, African American business enterprises, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Description
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Christine Bowser discusses her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes her role as program director of the segregated Phyllis Wheatley YWCA in Brooklyn, classes and programs that...
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Clara Carson oral history interview, 2002 September 27
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Creator
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Carson, Clara T.
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Date Created
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2002-09-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Day care centers, Early childhood education, Camp meetings, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, Country life, Family farms
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Description
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Clara Carson discusses her day care business, the Catawba Child Development Academy in Catawba, North Carolina. She talks about the origins of the academy, which first opened in Smyre's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church then moved to a new building ten ye...
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Colvin Morgan Edwards oral history interview 1, 2007 March 15
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Creator
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Edwards, Colvin Morgan, 1938-
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Date Created
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2007-03-15
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports--Social aspects, Race relations, Urban renewal, Amusements
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Description
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Colvin Morgan Edwards shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. While Mr. Edwards did not live in Brooklyn, he discusses his time spent there attending school and visiting friends. He...
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Connie Patton oral history interview 2, 2007 April 02
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Creator
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Patton, Connie, 1925-
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Date Created
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2007-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African American business enterprises, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing, Urban renewal
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Charlotte, North Carolina native Connie Patton recounts growing up in the the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward. He shares his memories of playing football and baseball with other children, churches, businesses, and joi...
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Curtina P. Simmons oral history interview, 2004 April 13
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Creator
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Simmons, Curtina P. (Curtina Perkins), 1941-
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Date Created
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2004-04-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American schools, African American churches, African American business enterprises, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Education, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
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Description
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Curtina Simmons shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, during the mid-twentieth century. Ms. Simmons moved to Second Ward as a child in the 1940s. She describes her educa...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 3, 2007 April 12
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Creator
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2007-04-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African American schools, Urban renewal, African American churches, Scholarships
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Native Charlottean Daisy Stroud shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Ms. Stroud was a resident of First Ward, and speaks about Brooklyn being an exciting place to visit that was ...
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Doretha Leak oral history interview, 2004 May 3
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Creator
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Leak, Doretha L., 1933-
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Date Created
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2004-05-03
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African American neighborhoods, African American business enterprises, African American schools, City and town life
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Doretha Leak recalls living during the mid-twentieth century in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. The first part of the interview was not recorded; much of the interview that was captured focuses on...
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Dorothy G. Shipman, Walter Kennedy, and Mary S. McGill oral history interview, 2004 March 11
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Creator
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Shipman, Dorothy G., 1926-
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Date Created
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2004-03-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal
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Description
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In this group interview, Dorothy Shipman, Walter "Buck" Kennedy, and Mary S. McGill share their memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, as well as their experiences with Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. ...
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Elaine Lynch oral history interview, 2004 April 27
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Creator
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Lynch, Elaine, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004-04-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Teachers, African American schools, African American families, African American churches, Segregation, Segregation in education, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, School integration, Civil rights movements
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Elaine Lynch discusses her home and family life while growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s. She recounts attending York Road High School and other segregated schools; interactions with white children; spending summers...
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Elizabeth Sadler oral history interview, 2004 April 24
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Sadler, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Houston), 1917-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American churches, Community organization, Farm life, Country life, Manners and customs
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Description
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Elizabeth Sadler recounts her early life growing up on her family's farm in the small, rural section of northwestern Mecklenburg County known as Shuffletown during the 1920s-1940s. She shares memories of her mother cooking Sunday dinner and long d...
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Frances H. Leach oral history interview, 2004 April 2
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Creator
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Leach, Frances H., 1919-2014
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Date Created
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2004-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African American churches, African American business enterprises, Amusements, Urban renewal
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Description
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Frances H. Leach shares her memories of Charlotte, North Carolina's African American communities. She talks about the Cherry neighborhood where she grew up during the 1930s and 1940s and the thriving African American Brooklyn community, also known...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-06-26
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
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In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...
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James B. Lee oral history interview 1, 2018 May 22
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Creator
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Lee, James B. (James Bradley), III
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Date Created
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2018-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, Gentrification--Government policy, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
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Grier Heights is a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina that is experiencing rapid gentrification. James Bradley Lee, community historian and organizer, recalls his personal experiences in the Grier Heights neighborh...