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Title: Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
Creator: Baxter, Andy
Date Created: 1999-06-29
Subjects--Topical: Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
Description: Andy Baxter talks about his experiences as a student at West Charlotte High School, where he was student council president in his senior year. Mr. Baxter reflects on his experiences with racial integration at the school, speaking at length about t...

Title: Barbara Davis Crawford oral history interview, 2004 March 27
Creator: Crawford, Barbara Davis, 1943-
Date Created: 2004-03-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention, African Americans--Education, School sports--Social aspects, African American schools, Teacher-student relationships, African American business enterprises, African American churches, Urban renewal
Description: Barbara Crawford shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes some of the homes that she lived in growing up, and a house fire that destroyed her family's possess...

Title: Benjamin Chavis Jr. oral history interview, 2005 February 7
Creator: Chavis, Ben, 1948-
Date Created: 2005-02-07
Subjects--Topical: African American college students, African American college students--Political activity, African American student movements, Chemistry, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, College integration, Race relations, Racism, Segregation, Student movements
Description: Dr. Benjamin Chavis recounts his involvement in the black student movement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when he was one of a small but politically active cohort of African...

Title: Davis, Gregory oral history interview, 2021 March 03
Creator: Davis, Gregory
Date Created: 2021-03-03
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Religion, Blind--Education
Description: In this interview, Reverend Dr. Gregory Davis, alumnus and former professor of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, discusses his life and his career. [All times approximate]. Growing up in New York City as a blind person and attending the school f...

Title: Debbie Warren oral history interview 1, 2016 June 21
Creator: Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
Date Created: 2016-06-21
Subjects--Topical: Faith, Baptists, Sex role, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care, Gay activists, Gay men--Relations with lesbians, Lesbians, Sex discrimination against women, Lesbian clergy
Description: Prior to the 1992 founding of Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rev. Debbie Warren dedicated her life to service within the Baptist Church. In this first of three interviews, Rev. Warren discusses her early year...

Title: Debbie Warren oral history interview 2, 2016 July 13
Creator: Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
Date Created: 2016-07-13
Subjects--Topical: Faith, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care, Gay activists, Gay men--Relations with lesbians, Lesbian clergy, LGBTQ+ religious people, Marginality, Social, Bingo
Description: In this second of three interviews, Rev. Debbie Warren begins by illustrating Charlotte in 1992--the year she founded the Regional Aids Interfaith Network (RAIN). Rev. Warren witnessed a great deal of social stratification between faith leaders an...

Title: Dr. Robert McMullen oral history interview, 1996 May 19
Creator: McMullen, Robert J.
Date Created: 1996-05-19
Subjects--Topical: Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Evangelicalism
Description: Dr. Robert McMullen describes his viewpoint on Billy Graham and his crusades. While Dr. McMullen did not personally meet Rev. Graham on any occasion, he does have strong opinions about Rev. Graham's occupation and reputation. Dr. McMullen admires ...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 1, 2012 May 31
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-05-31
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Interracial marriage, Racially mixed children, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Lynching, Enslavement
Description: In this first of four interviews, Harold Pulley, North Carolina native and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, begins by discussing his family background including his father's acquisition of farmland in return for const...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-06-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
Description: In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 3, 2012 July 18
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-07-18
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movement, Peace movements, College students, African American college students--Political activity, African American college students--Attitudes, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Racism in education, Race relations--Education (Higher)
Description: In this third of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley discusses his student experience at UNC Charlotte during the late 1960s and his connection to the civil rights movement in North Carolina. He describes Bonnie Cone's manner of speaking and i...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 4, 2012 August 28
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-08-28
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movement, African Americans--Education (Higher), African American college students--Political activity, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Health insurance
Description: In this fourth of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley resumes where he left off in the previous interview discussing Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, specifically regarding the reaction at UNC Charlotte. He traces the history of black u...

Title: Lawrence E. Funderburk oral history interview, 1996 April 24
Creator: Funderburk, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edward), 1920-2012
Date Created: 1996-04-24
Subjects--Topical: Evangelicalism, Baptists, Christianity, Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Clergy, God (Christianity)
Description: Reverend Lawrence Funderburk, a local Charlotte minister, recounts his involvement with the Billy Graham Crusades in Charlotte, particularly the 1958 Crusade, and his role in the Southern Baptist Convention. He shares his thoughts about Reverend B...

Title: Leighton Ford oral history interview, 2023 March 21
Creator: Ford, Leighton
Date Created: 2023-03-21
Subjects--Topical: YMCA of the USA, Christianity, Organizational behavior--Religious aspects--Christianity, Christian leadership, Mentoring, Race relations
Description: Mr. Leighton Ford, an internationally active evangelist who worked closely with his brother-in-law Billy Graham, discusses the expansion and development of the Charlotte YMCA in North Carolina and the changes that occurred within the organization ...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 1, 1973 March 26
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 1973-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges--Faculty--Political activity, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Academic decorations of honor, College trustees
Description: In this 1973 interview, student Boone Wayson interviewed Dr. Loy Witherspoon, then chair of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, about a decision made by the faculty governing body in 1966 to retract an earlier resolution to bestow an honorary degr...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 10, 2010 July 6
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-07-06
Subjects--Topical: Students--Social life and customs, Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Greek letter societies, College fraternity members
Description: In this final of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon discusses his involvement with student organizations and fraternities at UNC Charlotte. In particular, Dr. Witherspoon focuses on the Chr...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 2, 1991
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 1991
Subjects--Topical: Orphanages, Civil rights movements, Depressions, Teacher-student relationships, Student movements, Methodist Church--Clergy
Description: In this 1991 interview, student Michael Wilson interviewed Dr. Loy Witherspoon about his life experiences in the North Carolina Piedmont. Dr. Witherspoon describes his unusual childhood, the latter part of which was spent at The Children's Home, a...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 3, 1993 February 19
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 1993-02-19
Subjects--Topical: Teacher-student relationships, Methodist Church--Clergy, Social change
Description: In this 1993 interview, student Mitch Miles interviewed Dr. Loy Witherspoon, founding chair of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, who relates his life story and reflects on changes that he witnessed in the American South between the 1930s and the...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 4, 2010 May 18
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-05-18
Subjects--Topical: Methodist Church, Orphans, Orphanages, Amusements, Religion--Study and teaching, Clergy
Description: In this first of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes his family history, early life, and education. Topics include how he became an orphan and his positive experience living in The...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 5, 2010 May 25
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Religion--Study and teaching (Higher), Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Universities and colleges--Administration, Public universities and colleges--Religion
Description: In this second of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes his time attending Boston University for his PhD in the New Testament, his first academic job at Dakota Wesleyan University, a...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 6, 2010 June 1
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-06-01
Subjects--Topical: College teachers, Libraries--Special collections, Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration
Description: In this third of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon discusses his various roles at UNC Charlotte, his personal involvement with service and cultural institutions in the Charlotte community,...

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