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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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Description
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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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Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
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Creator
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Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
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Date Created
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1999-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Description
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Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...
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Beverly Moore oral history interview, 2005 May 27
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Creator
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Moore, Beverly, 1947-
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Date Created
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2005-05-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Special education, Exceptional children, Teachers
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Description
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Beverly Moore discusses her experience with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed children, and her connection with the open school program in Charlotte. While Ms. Moore began her career in the Columbia, South Carolina school district, she eventu...
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 1, 2005 January 6
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part one of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal discusses her experience with open education in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal describes open education as a method that gives students the opportunity to think creatively, m...
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of inc...
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Calvin and Naomi Davis oral history interview, 2004 November 23
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Creator
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Davis, Calvin C., 1925-2007
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Date Created
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2004-11-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Education--Parent participation, Educational tests and measurements, African American teachers, School discipline, Segregation in education, School integration, Students--Academic workload, Students--Attitudes
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Description
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Calvin and Naomi Davis describe their experiences as students, teachers, parents, and grandparents in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, and reflect on the significant changes in education during their lifetimes. They discuss both the challe...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 1, 2005 December 14
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2005-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training
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Description
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Carol Newman, longtime administrator with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system discusses her involvement with the city's open school program between 1974 and the 1990s. Mrs. Newman describes her early interest in open education, whi...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 2, 2006 February 23
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2006-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training, Magnet schools, Federal aid to education, School integration
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Description
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In this second interview, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) administrator Carol Newman continues to discuss the successes and challenges of the city's open schools program, but also focuses on the emergence and significance of magnet school...
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Carolyn P. Powell oral history interview, 2004 December 2
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Creator
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Powell, Carolyn P.
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Date Created
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2004-12-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teachers, School management and organization, Student activities, Multiculturalism, Education--Experimental methods
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Description
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Carolyn Powell discusses her experiences as both a teacher and administrator at Piedmont Open Middle School. Ms. Powell began her tenure at Piedmont as a teacher in 1978, and held the position of assistant principal from 1994 to 2004. Ms. Powell d...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 1, 1997 October 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1997-10-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, De facto school segregation, Magnet schools, Race relations, School districts--Planning, School enrollment, School integration, School management and organization, Segregation in education, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Description
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In this 1997 interview, Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts the school system's history of desegregation in light of the filing of Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools earlier that yea...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 2, 1996 September 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1996-09-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Busing for school integration, Magnet schools, Civil rights, Discrimination in education, Families--Education, Race relations
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Description
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent and longtime employee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, discusses his life and work as an educator. After reflecting on his early experiences as the son of a textile mill superintendent in ...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1998-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
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Description
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...
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Cynthia Horton oral history interview, 2016 March 16
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Creator
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Horton, Cynthia, 1955-
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Date Created
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2016-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, Cities and towns--Growth, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Cynthia Horton, a new member of the Optimist Park neighborhood, reflects on her childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina and notes regret that her decision to marry early prevented her from going to college. She discusses her impression that the Op...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
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Creator
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2001-06-20
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations
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Daisy Spears Stroud, a native of Charlotte, recounts her experiences growing up in the First Ward neighborhood and her career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system before and during desegregation in the 1950s-1970s. She describes her experien...
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Daniel Ford Faris oral history interview, 2005 June 22
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Creator
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Faris, Daniel Ford, 1944-
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Date Created
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2005-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teachers, Language arts (Middle school), Teaching teams, Grading and marking (Students), School discipline--Evaluation, Student-centered learning, Active learning, Mixed ability grouping in education
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Teacher Daniel Ford Faris describes the open education learning environment at Piedmont Open Middle School between 1977 and 1997. He discusses his methods of teaching students and compares his teaching methods during his time at Spaugh Middle Scho...
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Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 1, 1993 June 16
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Creator
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Randolph, Elizabeth S.
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Date Created
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1993-06-16
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Racism in education, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Manners and customs, Depressions
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In this first interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph describes growing up during the 1920s and 1930s in a family that emphasized education which inspired her dedication as an educator throughout her life in such ...
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Evelyn Van Hecke oral history interview, 1999 July 15
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Creator
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Van Hecke, Evelyn, 1958-
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Date Created
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1999-07-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Art--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, School integration, Race relations, Public schools, High school students, High school students--Societies and clubs
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Description
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Evelyn Van Hecke recounts her experience as an art teacher at West Charlotte High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics discussed include the role fine arts classes played in bringing students of all backgrounds together, her experiences working w...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 1, 2005 December 30
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2005-12-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Mythology, Illustrations, Publishers and publishing
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Description
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her early life and young adulthood and reflects on influences on her personal development as an artist. In this first of sixteen interviews, ...
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George Little oral history interview, 2015 November 11
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Creator
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Little, George, 1992-
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Date Created
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2015-11-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility, Race relations
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Description
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George Little shares his experiences growing up in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, where his parents built their home with Habitat for Humanity. Having lived in the neighborhood for twenty-three years, he discusses bei...