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Olaf Abraham oral history interview, 2007 April 11
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Creator
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Abraham, Olaf, 1939-
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Date Created
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2007-04-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American schools, African Americans--Education, African American neighborhoods, African American business enterprises, Amusements, City and town life, African American churches, Urban renewal
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Description
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Olaf Abraham recalls his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and of urban renewal. He describes daily life as a youth during the 1940s and 1950s, including attending Second Ward High Schoo...
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Lourdes Aguirre oral history interview, 2002 October 27
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Creator
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Aguirre, Lourdes, 1964 or 1965-
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Date Created
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2002-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Illegal aliens, Baptists, Christian life, Conservation of natural resources, Landscape protection
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Description
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Lourdes Aguirre discusses her experiences in the United States after immigrating from Matamoros, Mexico. Lourdes Aguirre talks about her life in Mexico and how she and her family are fond of country life in North Carolina and feel welcomed. Ms. Ag...
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Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
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Creator
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Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
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Date Created
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2001-05-10
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
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Description
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Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...
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Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 2, 2007 April 7
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Creator
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Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
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Date Created
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2007-04-07
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Family-owned business enterprises, Funeral homes, Urban renewal, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Kelly Alexander Jr., son of former NAACP president Kelly Alexander Sr., recounts fond memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses notable businesses, banks, churches, an...
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Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
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Creator
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Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
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Date Created
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2001-05-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Political leadership, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Cities and towns--Growth
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Kelly Alexander Jr., the son of local, state, and national NAACP leader and local businessman Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. and Margaret Alexander, recounts his active involvement in civil rights in Charlotte, North Carolina and the larger community. He...
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Margaret Alexander oral history interview 1, 2001 April 30
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Creator
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Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
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Date Created
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2001-04-30
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American women civil rights workers, African American women political activists, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race relations
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Description
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Margaret Alexander, civil rights activist and wife of civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., discusses her involvement in Charlotte's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the NAACP. Sh...
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Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
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Creator
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Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
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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 neighborhoods, African Americans and libraries, Civil rights movements, Racism, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
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Description
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Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses he...
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Sarah Alexander oral history interview, 2000 February 3
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Creator
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Alexander, Sarah Land, 1913-
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Date Created
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2000-02-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Teachers, Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton growing, Tenant farmers, Dairy farms, Barns, Dairy barns--Design and construction, Dairy barns, Farm equipment, Education
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Sarah Land Alexander Sr. and her daughter, Sarah Land Alexander Jr., talk about their lives and the history of the Alexander family farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Alexander Sr. describes how she met her husband, William Tasse 'Bill' Alexa...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 3, 1992 Spring
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992
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Subjects--Topical
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Rich people, Work environment, Insurance agents, Rural conditions, Business enterprises, Competition, Soldiers
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In this last of three interviews, Charlotte native William T. Alexander describes his early career in the 1920s-1930s working in several places across the United States as well as his time in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Alexander talks ...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 2, 1992 April 25
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992-04-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural schools, Public schools, Education, Education, Rural, Rich people, School children--Transportation, Student activities, Corporal punishment of children, Universities and colleges, College students, Amusements
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In this second of three interviews, William T. Alexander describes his education and schooling in Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina during the early twentieth century. Mr. Alexander describes attending different school...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 1, 1992 Spring
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Carriages and carts, Christian life, Plantations, Family farms, Cotton, Freedmen, Farm life, Education, Livestock, African Americans--Segregation, Sharecropping
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In this first of three interviews, William T. Alexander describes growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina in the Mallard Creek Church region during the early twentieth century and how the area changed over time. Mr. Alexander's ancestors were some...
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Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 5, 2021 August 10
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Creator
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Allison, Janice Covington, 1947-2021
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Date Created
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2021-08-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender women, Transgender people--Identity, Gender transition--Hormone therapy, Gender transition
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In this fifth of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her experiences with transitioning physically and emotionally. [All times approximate]. [00:00] Introduct...
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Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 4, 2021 June 16
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Creator
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Allison, Janice Covington, 1947-2021
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Date Created
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2021-06-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc., Transgender women, Transgender people--Civil rights, Political activists, Transgender people--Identity, North Carolina. Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, North Carolina. House Bill 142
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In this fourth of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist for transgender rights in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her reflections on gender expression and identity, personal and societal acceptan...
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Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 3, 2019 September 18
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Creator
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Allison, Janice Covington, 1947-2021
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Date Created
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2019-09-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc., Transgender women, Transphobia, Transgender people--Civil rights, Political activists, Transgender people--Identity, North Carolina. Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, North Carolina. House Bill 142
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In this third of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her political activist history, her role in the North Carolina Democratic Party, and her experiences as a...
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Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 2, 2016 May 14
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Creator
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Allison, Janice Covington, 1947-2021
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Date Created
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2016-05-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Transphobia, Transgender people--Employment, Transgender people--Identity, Gay bars
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In this second of several interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, continues to discuss her personal history and reflects on transgender experiences over time in the Carolinas. She desc...
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Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9
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Creator
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Allison, Janice Covington, 1947-2021
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Date Created
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2016-04-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people--Identity, Transgender military personnel, Noncitizens
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In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recalls her early struggles with gender identity, notin...
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John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Archibald, John, 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Working class families, Working class, Mills and mill-work, Industrial housing, Vocational education, Shipyards, Labor unions, War, Americans--Public opinion, Bombings, Airplanes, Military, Poverty, Racism, Racism--Economic aspects, Work environment, Veterans
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John Archibald recounts growing up in the Leakesville-Spray area of Rockingham Country, North Carolina, his time as a soldier during World War II, and his life and career after the war. As Mr. Archibald grew older, he became aware that his educati...
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Harry H Arnold oral history interview, 2013 January 7
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Creator
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Arnold, Harry Hodges, 1932-2016
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Date Created
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2013-01-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban universities and colleges, Campus planning, Universities and colleges--Administration
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Description
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Harry H. "Hap" Arnold, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1989 to 1994, discusses his association with UNC Charlotte Chancellor James H. Woodward. In particular Mr. Arnold talks about the fir...
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Fred Ashford oral history interview 2, 2021 July 29
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Creator
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Ashford, Fred
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Date Created
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2021-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Community development, Mills and mill-work, Recreation
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Description
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Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...
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Fred Ashford oral history interview 1, 2021 July 1
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Creator
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Ashford, Fred
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Date Created
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2021-07-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Sports, Mills and mill-work
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Description
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Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...