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Title: C. Morgan Edwards oral history interview 2, 2015 April 12
Creator: Edwards, C. Morgan (Calvin Morgan), 1938-
Date Created: 2015-04-12
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, Transportation, Business enterprises, Black, Segregation, School integration, Urban renewal, African American photographers
Description: Mr. C. Morgan Edwards discusses his life and upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born and raised in the community and currently a resident, he recalls how during his youth the community was a mixed incom...

Title: Dan Davis oral history interview, 1993 November 10
Creator: Davis, Dan S. (Daniel Shaw), 1905-2000
Date Created: 1993-10-12
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women, Basketball stories, Transportation
Description: Dan Davis describes playing and coaching basketball in and around Union County, North Carolina. After his graduation from UNC Chapel Hill in 1928, he came back to Union County to teach and coach men's and women's basketball, as well as baseball. H...

Title: Hall, Curley and Laura Rankin oral history interview, 2014 May 27
Creator: Hall, Curley
Date Created: 2014-05-27
Subjects--Topical: Baptism, Bus travel, Transportation, Rivers
Description: Laura Rankin and Curley Hall discuss attending baptismal services while members of the Shiloh Baptist Church on Elmin Street in Reid Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. Curley Hall describes living in the old Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and be...

Title: Introductory remarks on the film "The Myth of Pruitt-Igoe"
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2013-03-14
Subjects--Topical: Film criticism, Urban renewal, Transportation, Poverty, Architecture and society, Racism--Economic aspects
Description: Remarks given on the film andquot;The Pruitt-Igoe Myth.andquot;

Title: Just like in the movies!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1981-03-12
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Passenger trains, Transportation, Transportation and state, Politics and government
Description: Topics include: Ronald Reagan; Public transportation; United States politics and government

Title: Kristi McCray oral history interview, 2017 November 19
Creator: McCray, Kristi T. (Kristi Turner)
Date Created: 2017-11-19
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Discrimination in housing, Transportation, Cities and towns--Growth, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Kristi McCray provides a detailed account of the Optimist Park community located in Charlotte, North Carolina and its growth in the 1980s. She recalls her experience as one of the first Habitat for Humanity home owners in the neighborhood, and the...

Title: Maggie Coleman oral history interview, 2015 November 7
Creator: Coleman, Maggie, 1933-
Date Created: 2015-11-07
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Citizens' associations, Gentrification, Urban renewal
Description: Maggie Coleman served as the secretary, vice president, and president of the Druid Hills Neighborhood Association during the 1980s. Originally from Chester, South Carolina, Mrs. Coleman moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1955 in hopes of bette...

Title: Sorry, we go straight through!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1968-11-21
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Transportation
Description: Topics include: Charlotte City Council, Public transportation; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government