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Title
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Elizabeth Sadler oral history interview, 2004 April 24
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Creator
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Sadler, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Houston), 1917-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American churches, Community organization, Farm life, Country life, Manners and customs
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Description
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Elizabeth Sadler recounts her early life growing up on her family's farm in the small, rural section of northwestern Mecklenburg County known as Shuffletown during the 1920s-1940s. She shares memories of her mother cooking Sunday dinner and long d...
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Terry Tiamd oral history interview, 2007 April 27
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Creator
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Tiamd, Terry
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Date Created
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2004-05-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Education, Segregation in education, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African American elementary schools, Segregation in transportation, Youth--Societies and clubs, Civil rights movements, School integration, African Americans--Social conditions, Community organization
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Description
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Terry Tiamd recalls growing up in the Paw Creek community, which was later annexed by Charlotte, North Carolina, and differences that she perceived before and after desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. She discusses having to walk a mile to atten...