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Aaron Newton oral history interview, 2019 March 29
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Creator
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Newton, Aaron
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Date Created
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2019-03-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban agriculture, Agricultural education, Organic farming, Family farms
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Description
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Aaron Newton is a food advocate and native of Concord, North Carolina. He works as the Lomax Farm Manager for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, where he oversees new farmer training and coordinates other participants at the Elma C. Lomax ...
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Aayla Alexander oral history interview, 2021 March 19
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Creator
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Alexander, Aayla
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Date Created
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2021-03-19
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education
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Description
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Aayla Alexander discusses her experiences as an undergraduate student and a graduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2008-2009 and 2014-2016. [All times approximate]. Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina and transferring to UNC Charlotte from ...
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Adam Johnson oral history interview, 2020 May 7
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Creator
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Johnson, Adam Patrick
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Date Created
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2020-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, School shootings, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Campus violence, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
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Description
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Adam Johnson was a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at UNC Charlotte in April of 2019 and recounts his memory of a gunman opening fire inside his LBST class in the Kennedy building on April 30th. Mr. Johnson recalls his class being in th...
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Aditya Raju oral history interview, 2021 April 20
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Creator
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Raju, Aditya
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Date Created
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2021-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Protest movements, Presidential Elections, Social justice, Quarantine
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Description
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UNC Charlotte student Aditya Raju discusses his personal experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as his views on the major political and social justice events of 2020 and 2021. [All times approximate]. [0.10] Introductions. [1.22] Reflecti...
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Aileen Thomas oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Thomas, Aileen R. (Aileen Rabb), 1893-1992
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Boardinghouses, Student housing, Manners and customs
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Description
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Aileen Thomas recounts her experiences living in Charlotte, North Carolina over the previous sixty years. Topics discussed include her memories of the city during World War I, including the Army training facility Camp Greene and Armistice Day; her...
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Al Rousso oral history interview, 1989 February 26
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Creator
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Rousso, Al, 1924-2001
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Date Created
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1989-02-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish way of life, Jews--Political activity, Religious tolerance, Religious discrimination, Local government, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Prominent jeweler Al Rousso talks about his experiences as a member of Charlotte, North Carolina's Jewish community. He praises the religious education the temples offer to local children and the various activities for Jewish congregants. He recal...
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Albert A. Maisto oral history interview, 2013 January 22
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Creator
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Maisto, Albert A. (Albert Anthony)
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Date Created
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2013-01-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Campus planning, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Doctor of philosophy degree, Urban universities and colleges
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Description
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Dr. Albert A. Maisto, a Bonnie Cone Distinguished Professor of Teaching in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), discusses the many changes he witnessed at the university during the tenure of Dr. James Woodwa...
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Aldridge Kirk Hardee oral history interview, 1996 May 3
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Creator
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Hardee, Aldridge Kirk, Jr., 1913-2002
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Date Created
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1996-05-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Drugstores, Soda fountains, Pharmacists, Cities and towns
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Description
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Aldridge Kirk "Doc" Hardee discusses his career and business, Hardee's Pharmacy in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his connection with the family of Reverend Billy Graham. He describes his drug store, including the soda fountain, lunch counter, and...
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Alex Jutila oral history interview, 2019 October 29
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Creator
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Jutila, Alex
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Date Created
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2019-10-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Student movements, Education, Higher, Civil rights movements
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Description
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Alex Jutila, a former student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and co-founder of Customer 49, a student activist group active from 2015-2018, explains how he started Customer 49 with Noe Pliego Campos. Topics discussed include the ...
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Alexander Simmons (A.J.) oral history interview, 2021 March 3
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Creator
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Simmons, Alexander J.
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Date Created
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2021-03-03
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, School shootings, Police brutality
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Description
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A. J. Simmons shares his experience as a graduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2016 to 2019. [All times approximate] A.J. talks about being a first generation college student [2:47], his decision to come to UNC Charlotte for graduate school [6:53...
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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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Alfred Rhyne oral history interview, 2003 July 14
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Creator
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Rhyne, Alfred M. (Alfred Mason), 1919-2014
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Date Created
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2003-07-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Genealogy, Sharecropping, Land use, Rural, Presbyterian Church, Endemic plants, Water--Pollution, Rural development
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Alfred Rhyne discusses his family's long history in Stanley, North Carolina and his relationship with the land. He talks about how one of his ancestors first obtained a land grant from England for property in the Stanley region, his grandparents' ...
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Alice M. McCall oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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McCall, Alice M. (Alice Murray), 1912-2006
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Entrepreneurship, Cable cars (Streetcars), Radio, Single-sex schools
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Description
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Alice M. McCall recounts growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1910s to the 1930s. Topics discussed include her father's tailoring business, playing pranks on streetcar drivers as a child, memories of the end of World War I, chan...
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Allegra Westbrooks oral history interview, 2007 March 12
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Creator
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Westbrooks, Allegra M. (Allegra Marea), 1921-
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Date Created
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2007-03-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African Americans and libraries, Public libraries, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Race relations
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Description
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Allegra Westbrooks recounts her thirty-six year career as head of library services at the segregated Brevard Street Library, located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and later in the Charlotte-M...
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Allen Ledyard DeCamp oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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DeCamp, Allen Ledyard, 1908-1986
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Hospitals, Obstetrics, Childbirth, Medical innovations
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Description
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Dr. Allen Ledyard Decamp discusses his career as an obstetrician in post-World War II Charlotte, North Carolina. Topics discussed include technological advancements in medicine and changes to Charlotte's hospitals. He also shares a humorous story ...
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Allison Allen oral history interview, 2020 December 22
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Creator
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Allen, Allison (Allison Shari)
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Date Created
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2020-12-22
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, African American college students
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Description
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In this interview, Allison Allen, an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shares memories of her time as a student from 2008-2012. [All times approximate]. She discusses being a third generation graduate of the University [2 min...
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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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Alvin C. Jacobs oral history interview, 2019 December 13
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Creator
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Jacobs Jr., Alvin C.
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Date Created
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2019-12-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Photography, Artistic, Protest movements, Social justice, Racism, Police shootings
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Description
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Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr. is a professional photographer and image activist from Rockford, Illinois. In this interview, Mr. Jacobs discusses his life from childhood to adulthood and how particular events during his life influenced him. He details how h...
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Aman Agah oral history interview, 2020 May 29
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Creator
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Agah, Aman
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Date Created
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2020-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
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Aman Agah, adjunct faculty in Women's and Gender Studies and International Studies at UNC Charlotte, shares their experience at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019 and how they connected with students and felt concern in the aftermath of the ca...
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Amy Foster oral history interview, 2019
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Creator
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Foster, Amy, 1965-
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Date Created
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2019-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Livestock, Farms, Cattle, Chickens, Farmers' markets, Social media, Urbanization
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Description
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Amy Foster discusses her twelve years as a livestock farmer and co-owner of Gilcrest Natural Farm in Iron Station, North Carolina. Mrs. Foster describes how her desire to control her food and develop her land were factors that led her to become a ...