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Ben E. Douglas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Douglas, Ben E. (Ben Elbert), 1894-1981
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Municipal government, Urban transportation, Airports--Planning, City planning
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Description
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Ben Douglas discusses his tenure as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1935 to 1941. He discusses the structure of city government in the 1920s and explains that he was the first Charlotte mayor to be directly elected by voters. He describes ...
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Bill Veeder oral history interview, 2004 April 23
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Creator
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Veeder, Bill (William), 1923 or 1924-2011
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Date Created
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2004-04-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth, City planning, Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Housing
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Bill Veeder recounts his experiences as the city manager of Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and his involvement with the city's urban renewal program. He discusses working with the Charlotte City Council; the executive director of the C...
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E. Terrell Blackmon oral history interview, 2020 December 04
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Creator
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Blackmon, E. Terrell (Edward Terrell)
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Date Created
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2020-12-04
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, College students, Black, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning
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Description
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E. Terrell Blackmon shares experiences from his time as a student at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.[All times approximate.] Topics discussed include the influence of Africana studies on Black students [16 min], student organizations s...
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Girvaud Justice oral history interview 3, 2006 August 25
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Creator
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Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
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Date Created
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2006-08-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Gentrification, City planning, Community development corporations, Community development, Urban, Citizens' associations
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Description
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Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...
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John Thrower oral history interview, 2004 September 4
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Creator
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Thrower, John Hampton, 1928-2013
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Date Created
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2004-09-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban redevelopment, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City planning, City council members, Urban renewal, African Americans--Segregation, Eminent domain
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John Thrower discusses his experiences serving two terms on the Charlotte City Council in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and 1970s. He describes poor living conditions in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina (also kno...
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Richard Petersheim oral history interview, 2004 April 19
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Creator
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Petersheim, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1966-
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Date Created
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2004-04-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, City planning, Neighborhood planning, Community development, Urban--Planning
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Description
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Richard Petersheim discusses his work as a managing partner for the Charlotte, North Carolina office of LandDesign. In, 2001 LandDesign was selected by the City of Charlotte to design a new urban community that would encompass lands from the Secon...
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Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 2, 1973 April 3
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Creator
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Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
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Date Created
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1973-04-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Mayors, Civil rights movements, Race relations, Bombings, Municipal water supply, Politics and government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, County government, Cities and towns--Growth, Civic centers--Planning, Urban renewal, City planning, Urbanization, Local transit, Roads--Design and construction--Planning, Roads--Design and construction, Police administration, Civic leaders
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In this second interview with Ed Perzel, Stanford Brookshire discusses his experiences as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969. He begins by talking about the bombing of four civil rights leader's homes in Charlotte in 1965 and his ro...
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Timothy Gibbs oral history interview, 2021 August 16
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Creator
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Gibbs, Timothy D.
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Date Created
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2021-08-16
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning, School integration, Busing for school integration
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In this interview Timothy Gibbs describes in great detail his life from high school to attending UNC Charlotte from 1978 to 1983. [All Times Approximate]. His decision to attend the University of North Carolina Charlotte after graduating from West...
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Tom Warshauer oral history interview 1, 2017 January 22
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Creator
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Warshauer, Tom, 1956-
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Date Created
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2017-01-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Social life and customs, Young gay men, Parents of queer people, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Discrimination, LGBTQ+ culture, AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects, City planning
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Tom Warshauer discusses his life as an openly gay man and his forty year career as an architect and city planner. Mr. Warshauer describes his experiences growing up in a Jewish family in Wilmington, North Carolina during the 1960s, the discriminat...
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Tom Warshauer oral history interview 2, 2017 February 19
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Creator
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Warshauer, Tom, 1956-
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Date Created
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2017-02-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay community, City planning, Cities and towns--Growth, Gay activists, LGBTQ+ culture, Sexual orientation--Political aspects, Gay and lesbian film festivals, Fund raising, AIDS (Disease), Discrimination--Law and legislation, Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.
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In this second interview, Tom Warshauer discusses his arrival in Charlotte in 1990 to work with the city's planning department. He explains that he was initially apprehensive of Charlotte's conservative culture and planned to stay in the...
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Vernon Sawyer oral history interview, 2004 April 19
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Creator
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Sawyer, Vernon Lupton, 1922-
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Date Created
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2004-04-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, Discrimination in housing, Eminent domain, City planning, Public housing--Resident satisfaction, Race relations
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Vernon Sawyer recounts his experiences as the executive director of the Charlotte Redevelopment Commission, which was responsible for Charlotte, North Carolina's urban renewal program in the 1960s and 1970s. Mr. Sawyer talks in detail about urban ...