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Title: Gwendolyn Burris oral history interview, 2016 March 16
Creator: Burris, Gwendolyn, 1954-
Date Created: 2016-03-16
Subjects--Topical: School integration, Gentrification, Segregation in education, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Gwendolyn Burris is a Charlotte native who moved to the Optimist Park community in 1987. She shares her memories of growing up in downtown Charlotte and details some of the challenges her family faced, including school integration in the early 197...

Title: Jacqueline Nelson oral history interview, 2015 November 9
Creator: Nelson, Jacqueline Dunham
Date Created: 2015-11-09
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers, Segregation in education
Description: Jacqueline Nelson describes the Druid Hills community in Charlotte North Carolina, (formerly known as Edison Heights,) during the 1950s. Ms. Nelson's family moved into their home in 1952 and she fondly remembers her childhood and the close-kn...

Title: Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and H.D. Kirkpatrick oral history interview 1, 2017 October 6
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Jimmie Lee
Date Created: 2017-10-06
Subjects--Topical: Racism, Slavery, Christian life, Football, Segregation in education, Segregation, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas (Football), Bombings
Description: In this first of four related interviews, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and H.D. Kirkpatrick discuss their disparate experiences growing up and attending school in segregated Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick ta...