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Title: Wayne Johnson oral history interview, 2019 January 14
Creator: Johnson, Wayne, 1953-
Date Created: 2019-01-14
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, School integration, African American families, Mentoring, Rosenwald schools
Description: Wayne Johnson, Charlotte realtor and longtime Grier Heights resident, discusses his deep family roots in Grier Heights, an historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Johnson describes how his maternal great grandfathe...

Title: Marvin Price oral history interview 1, 2019 January 23
Creator: Price, Marvin E. (Marvin Elijah), 1948-
Date Created: 2019-01-23
Subjects--Topical: Racism, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, African American schools, African American business enterprises, Barbers, Rosenwald schools
Description: Marvin Price, longtime resident of Grier Heights, a historically African American neighborhood in Charlotte North Carolina, discusses his personal and family history. Raised in Grier Heights from the age of three, Mr. Price describes his education...

Title: James B. Lee oral history interview 3, 2019 November 13
Creator: Lee, James B. (James Bradley), III
Date Created: 2019-11-13
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Gentrification--Government policy, African American neighborhoods, Housing, Social justice--Economic aspects, Homelessness, Community organization, African American churches
Description: In this third interview, James Bradley Lee III discusses the changes happening in his life and the challenging effects of gentrification in the Grier Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Lee describes how he recently pulled himse...

Title: James B. Lee oral history interview 2, 2018 May 29
Date Created: 2018-05-29
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Gentrification--Government policy, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
Description: In this second interview, community historian James Bradley Lee III continues to recall his personal experiences of growing up in Grier Heights, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his concerns about the effe...

Title: James B. Lee oral history interview 1, 2018 May 22
Creator: Lee, James B. (James Bradley), III
Date Created: 2018-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, Gentrification--Government policy, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
Description: Grier Heights is a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina that is experiencing rapid gentrification. James Bradley Lee, community historian and organizer, recalls his personal experiences in the Grier Heights neighborh...