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Title: Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
Creator: Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Date Created: 2007-04-02
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans and libraries, Civil rights movements, Racism, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
Description: Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses he...

Title: Mary K. Pistole oral history interview, 1993 March 27
Creator: Pistole, Mary K., 1924-2001
Date Created: 1993-03-27
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, Presidents--Death, Women--Employment--Social aspects, Small business, Racism, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: Mary Pistole recounts her life and experiences in Charlotte during the Great Depression, World War II, and the postwar era. Mrs. Pistole grew up in the Myers Park neighborhood and was an eighth grader at Alexander Graham Junior High School when th...