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Alma Blake oral history interview, 1993 October 15
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Creator
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Blake, Alma, approximately 1918-
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Date Created
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1993-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, African American basketball players, School sports, Sex role, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching
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Description
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Former player and coach Alma Blake discusses her life-long involvement with basketball. Throughout the interview, Ms. Blake discusses gender and the game as she reflects upon her own unwillingness to participate in high school basketball under "gi...
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt oral history interview, 1993 June 1
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Creator
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Heafner, Anna Lou, 1920-2011
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Date Created
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1993-06-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Country life
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Description
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt describe their experiences playing basketball in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (now part of Charlotte) during the 1930s. They talk about how many of the girls w...
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Charles McCullough oral history interview, 1993 August 30
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Creator
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McCullough, Charles, 1932 or 1933-2017
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Date Created
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1993-08-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School sports, Track and field, Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, School integration, Basketball for girls, Basketball for women
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Description
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Charles McCullough discusses his experiences playing high school and college sports, and his career as athletics coach at West Charlotte High School beginning in the 1960s. He attended West Charlotte High School as well as coaching there as an adu...
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Dan Davis oral history interview, 1993 November 10
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Creator
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Davis, Dan S. (Daniel Shaw), 1905-2000
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Date Created
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1993-10-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women, Basketball stories, Transportation
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Description
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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...
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Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
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Creator
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Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1993-03-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
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Description
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Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...
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Elizabeth Stratford Newitt oral history interview 1, 1992 December 7
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Creator
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Newitt, Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth Stratford), 1905-1999
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Date Created
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1992-12-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, School sports--Management, Basketball stories, Basketball--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball uniforms
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Description
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Elizabeth Stratford Newitt recounts her experiences playing basketball at Alexander Graham High School in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early 1920s. She discusses playing on the girls' high school basketball team and her role as the team’s ...
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Erin Mackie and Renée Mackie oral history interview, 1993 October 15
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Creator
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Mackie, Erin
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Date Created
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1993-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Women basketball players, Basketball teams, Sports--Social aspects, School sports
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Description
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High school student Erin Mackie and her mother Renée Mackie talk about Erin's experiences as a female basketball player at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Topics discussed include Erin's early memories of falling in love with the sp...
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Gladys Worthy oral history interview, 1993 May 6
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Creator
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Worthy, Gladys, 1931-1994
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Date Created
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1993-05-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball players, Basketball stories, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, High school student activities, Parenting
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Description
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Gladys Worthy, a former basketball player for Highland High School in Gastonia, North Carolina during the 1948-1950 seasons, recalls her sports career. She reflects on the many advantages high school basketball afforded her, including the chance t...
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Jane Kuykendall oral history interview, 1992 November 23
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Creator
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Kuykendall, Jane Bradley, 1913-2002
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Date Created
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1992-11-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Women's colleges--Social aspects
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Description
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Jane Bradley Kuykendall describes her early experience playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Kuykendall discusses various aspects that have evolved in womens basketball including their uniforms, rules and regulations, and the commu...
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Judy Wilkins Rose oral history interview 1, 1993 May 19
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Creator
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Rose, Judy W. (Judy Wilkins)
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Date Created
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1993-05-19
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Subjects--Topical
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College sports, College athletes, Women college athletes, Women coaches (Athletics), Sex discrimination against women, Sex role, Basketball, Basketball for women
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Description
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Judy Rose, the UNC Charlotte Athletics Director at the time of the interview, discusses her personal experiences and those of women athletes in their quest for parity in collegiate sports since Title IX. She reflects upon her early career as a gra...
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Karen Wimberly oral history interview, 1993 October 15
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Creator
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Wimberley, Karen
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Date Created
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1993-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball fans, School sports--Coaching, Basketball for girls--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Sex discrimination in sports
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Description
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Karen Wimberly describes her career coaching the girls basketball team at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Mrs. Wimberly talks about witnessing the Bandys girls basketball team participate in the district championship when she was yo...
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Kathlee Hicks oral history interview, 1993 October 24
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Creator
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Hicks, Kathlee Cox, 1917-2002
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Date Created
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1993-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, High school student activities, Swimming--Training
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Description
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Native Charlottean Kathlee Hicks discusses her time as a basketball player and drum majorette for Central High School in the 1930s. She describes the uniforms she wore in both activities and discusses how gender conventions of the day shaped their...
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Lib Rotan and George Powell oral history interview, 1993 March 8
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Creator
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Rotan, Elizabeth, 1928-2013
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Date Created
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1993-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Rules, School sports, School sports--Coaching, School sports for girls, High school athletes, African American high school students, African American athletes
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Elizabeth "Lib" Rotan and George Powell describe their experiences in high school athletics as basketball coaches and physical education teachers. Mrs. Rotan coached high school basketball from 1946-1965 at Cramerton High School and Myers Park Hig...
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Lincolnton High School players oral history interview, 1993 September 28
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Creator
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Carter, Betty Langley
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Date Created
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1993-09-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Travel
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Description
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Betty Carter, Ramona Hinkle, Billie Martin, and Nancy Boulware describe their experiences playing for the Lincolnton High School women's basketball team during the 1950s. They talk about playing basketball throughout elementary and middle school, ...
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Mary Dalton and Mildred McMillan oral history interview, 1992 December 7
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Creator
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Dalton, Mary Keesler, 1904-1999
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Date Created
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1992-12-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Young Men's Christian associations, Women basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, Sports--Social aspects, Amusements, High school students--Conduct of life, City and town life, Street-railroads, African Americans--Segregation
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Mary Dalton and Mildred McMillan discuss their experiences playing basketball and enjoying other recreational activities in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early 20th century. They describe learning how to play basketball at a local park, pla...
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Mildred Bauguess oral history interview, 1993 May 14
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Creator
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Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
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Date Created
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1993-05-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers
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Description
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Mildred Little Bauguess discusses her basketball career at Claremont High School in Claremont, North Carolina and playing semi-professionally on the Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball team during the 1940s and 1950s. She recalls the accolades, tourn...
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Newell Gymnasium group oral history interview, 1993 January 16
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Creator
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Austin, Ernest B., 1926-2014
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Date Created
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1993-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Rural schools, Country life, Gymnasiums, School sports, Depressions
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Description
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A group of former Newell High School students, including Ernest B. Austin, Lloyd Cochran, Russell G. Faulk, Francis Freeman, Vera Kimbrell, and several unnamed speakers, discuss the role basketball played in Newell, an unincorporated farming commu...
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Vada Hewins and John Shayle Edwards oral history interview, 1993 March 15
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Creator
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Hewins, Vada
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Date Created
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1993-03-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Farm life, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching
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Description
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Vada Hewins and her son, John Shayle Edwards, describe their early experiences playing basketball in Catawba County, North Carolina. Vada Hewins goes into detail about how the rules and regulations pertaining to women's basketball had evolved from...