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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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Andrew P. Haywood oral history interview 3, 1997 November 4
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Creator
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Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006
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Date Created
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1997-11-04
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Subjects--Topical
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High schools--Administration, High school principals, School integration, Race relations in school management, Teacher-student relationships
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Description
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Dr. Andrew "Sam" Haywood discusses his role as principal of Independence and West Charlotte High Schools and as chairman of county high school principals during the turbulent years of desegregation. He describes the benefits of desegregation and r...
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Architecture award plaque image 1
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1954-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture--Awards, Plaques, plaquettes
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Description
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1954 plaque awarding Graves and Toy architectural firm for outstanding architectural design of West Charlotte High School, Charlotte, N.C. The award was presented by the School Executive Better School Design Competition.
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Architecture award plaque image 2
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1954-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture--Awards, Plaques, plaquettes
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Description
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1954 plaque awarding Graves and Toy architectural firm for outstanding architectural design of West Charlotte High School, Charlotte, N.C. The award was presented by the School Executive Better School Design Competition.
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Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
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Creator
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Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
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Date Created
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1999-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
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Description
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Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...
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Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
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Creator
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Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
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Date Created
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1999-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Description
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Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of inc...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 1, 2005 December 14
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2005-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training
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Description
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Carol Newman, longtime administrator with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system discusses her involvement with the city's open school program between 1974 and the 1990s. Mrs. Newman describes her early interest in open education, whi...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 2, 2006 February 23
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2006-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training, Magnet schools, Federal aid to education, School integration
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Description
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In this second interview, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) administrator Carol Newman continues to discuss the successes and challenges of the city's open schools program, but also focuses on the emergence and significance of magnet school...
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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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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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Colvin Morgan Edwards oral history interview 1, 2007 March 15
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Creator
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Edwards, Colvin Morgan, 1938-
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Date Created
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2007-03-15
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports--Social aspects, Race relations, Urban renewal, Amusements
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Colvin Morgan Edwards shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. While Mr. Edwards did not live in Brooklyn, he discusses his time spent there attending school and visiting friends. He...
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Evelyn Van Hecke oral history interview, 1999 July 15
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Creator
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Van Hecke, Evelyn, 1958-
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Date Created
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1999-07-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Art--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, School integration, Race relations, Public schools, High school students, High school students--Societies and clubs
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Evelyn Van Hecke recounts her experience as an art teacher at West Charlotte High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics discussed include the role fine arts classes played in bringing students of all backgrounds together, her experiences working w...
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Gerson L. Stroud oral history interview, 2001 June 20
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Creator
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Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006
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Date Created
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2001-06-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Segregation, African Americans--Education, School integration, Busing for school integration, African American school principals, Public school--Administration, African American soldiers--Social conditions
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Description
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Gerson L. Stroud recounts his experiences as a lifelong resident of Charlotte as well as his thirty-one year career with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system where, as principal of West Charlotte High School, he oversaw that school's racial int...
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Harvey Boyd oral history interview, 2004 April 17
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Creator
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Boyd, Harvey, 1944-
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Date Created
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2004-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Commercial art, Social integration, Advertising, Newspapers, African Americans--Employment, Mentoring in education
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Description
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Harvey Boyd reflects on his extraordinary life achievements, despite his limited opportunities as an African American man growing up in the segregated South. He begins by describing his childhood home, where he also lived at the time of interview,...
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John L. Holloway oral history interview, 2007 August 27
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Creator
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Holloway, John L., 1925-
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Date Created
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2007-08-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Race relations, School integration, Marching bands, Music--Instruction and study, Jazz musicians, Jazz--Instruction and study
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John L. Holloway recounts his almost forty years as a high school band director and jazz musician in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Holloway describes moving from Durham, North Carolina to Charlotte in 1950 after completing his education to teach ...
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Mae C. Orr oral history interview, 2007 April 5
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Creator
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Orr, Mae, 1929-
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Date Created
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2007-04-05
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American police, Violence, Urban renewal, City and town life, Amusements
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Mae C. Orr shares her memories of growing up and living in the Greenville community in Charlotte, North Carolina as well as her experiences visiting the Charlotte neighborhood of Brooklyn, also known as Second Ward. She describes attending the seg...
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Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
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Creator
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Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
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Date Created
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1999-07-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
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Description
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Mary Lou and James "Jim" Babb recount their family's experiences attending West Charlotte High School during the height of school busing for integration in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Topics discussed include t...