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Gregg Brafford oral history interview 3, 2023 July 6
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Creator
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Brafford, Gregg
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Date Created
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2023-07-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay men, Gay bars, LGBTQ+ bars, AIDS (Disease), AIDS organizations, Fund raising
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In this third of three interviews, Gregg Brafford, who managed and owned several LGBTQ+ bars in Charlotte, North Carolina, including Oleens, the New Brass Rail, Central Station, and the Woodshed, discusses the impact of the HIV AIDS virus on the l...
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Gregg Brafford oral history interview 2, 2023 May 3
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Creator
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Brafford, Gregg
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Date Created
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2023-05-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay men, Gay bars, LGBTQ+ bars, Bartenders
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In his second interview, Gregg Brafford, who managed and owned several LGBTQ+ bars in Charlotte, North Carolina, including Oleens, the New Brass Rail, Central Station, and the Woodshed, continues to discuss LGBTQ+ bars and restaurants in Charlotte...
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Curtis Tutt oral history interview, 2023 April 17
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Creator
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Tutt, Curtis
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Date Created
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2023-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay bars, Gay men--Family relationships, LGBT community centers, Gay men--Identity
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Curtis Tutt discusses his involvement with various LGBTQ+ organizations in Charlotte, North Carolina, since he moved to the city in the 1990s. Topics discussed include his role as treasurer for the International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country ...
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Gregg Brafford oral history interview 1, 2023 April 6
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Creator
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Brafford, Gregg
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Date Created
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2023-04-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay men, Gay bars, Lesbian bars, Drag queens, Drag shows, Drag performance, Gay rights, Witches, LGBTQ+ bars
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Gregg Brafford, who managed and owned several LGBTQ+ bars in Charlotte, North Carolina, including Oleens, the New Brass Rail, Central Station, and the Woodshed, discusses his formative years in Mint Hill, his college experiences at UNC Charlotte, ...
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Steve del Vecchio oral history interview, 2023 March 27
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Del Vecchio, Steve
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Date Created
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2023-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Gay men--Identity, AIDS (Disease), Gay community, Drag, Gay press publications, LGBTQ+ press
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Steve del Vecchio discusses his lifelong career as a gardener in the Charlotte area and his identity as a gay man since his family moved to the city in the 1950s. Topics discussed include the different clients Mr. del Vecchio worked for including ...
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Leighton Ford oral history interview, 2023 March 21
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Ford, Leighton
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Date Created
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2023-03-21
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Subjects--Topical
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YMCA of the USA, Christianity, Organizational behavior--Religious aspects--Christianity, Christian leadership, Mentoring, Race relations
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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 ...
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Keith Gaston Bernard oral history interview 3, 2023 March 6
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Bernard, Keith Gaston, 1956-
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Date Created
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2023-03-06
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Subjects--Topical
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LGBT community centers, Gay community, Gay culture, Gay men--Identity, Social participation, Fund raising, LGBTQ+ communities
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Keith Gaston Bernard discusses in-depth his experiences working on the first board of the Lesbian and Gay Community Center Project in Charlotte, North Carolina when it came into being in the early 2000s. Topics discussed include the early days of ...
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Monika Soler-Correa oral history interview, 2022 November 15
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Creator
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Soler-Correa, Monika
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Date Created
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2022-11-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Adoption, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Dysfunctional families, Education, Higher, Students with disabilities
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Monika Soler-Correa, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte alumnus and a metadata cataloger at the J. Murrey Atkins Library, discusses her background and how that has influenced her life and worldview. Topics include her life as a Latina ado...
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Jackie Alexander Stanley oral history interview, 2022 June 8
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Stanley, Jackie Alexander
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Date Created
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2022-06-08
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Education, Church history, Genealogy, African American history, Local history
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Jackie Alexander Stanley and her daughter, Debra Stanley Barrett, discuss her family history and her life growing up in Mecklenburg County. She shares stories about Mallard Creek and other neighborhoods around Charlotte and memories of people and ...
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Randy Dang oral history interview 2022 April 29
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Dang, Randy
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Date Created
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2022-04-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Hip-hop (music), Break dancing, Olympics
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In this interview, Randy discusses his introduction to breaking (breakdancing), his past career as a marine and the relationship between hip hop and breakdancing/breaking. He reflects on why he decided to begin breakdancing in high school. He also...
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Pete Lash oral history interview, 2022 February 7
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Lash, Pete
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Date Created
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2022-02-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Voluntarism, Christianity and culture
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Pete Lash is an example of someone who came to Charlotte for work, joined the YMCA to use the exercise facilities, and deepened his involvement over time. The interview covered his different experiences at the Y, with a particular focus on the Y&a...
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Mark D. Colone oral history interview, 2021 December 15
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Creator
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Colone, Mark D. (Mark Dominic)
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Date Created
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2021-12-15
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Subjects--Topical
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School shootings, College students, College sports--Information services, Scholarships, Memorials, Collective memory, Empathy, Victims of violent crimes
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Mark Colone, Senior Director of Development for Advancement at UNC Charlotte, discusses his experiences related to the April 30th 2019 campus shooting and its aftermath. [All times approximate]. [00:00] Introductions and description of circumstanc...
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Bailey Patrick oral history interview, 2021 November 18
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Patrick, Bailey
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Date Created
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2021-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Christianity and culture, Commercial real estate
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Charlotte native Bailey Patrick played a key role in assembling land for several Charlotte Y projects, most notably the Stratford Richardson branch. The interview covered those efforts as well as discussions of racial diversity within the YMCA and...
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Denny Hammack oral history interview, 2021 September 23
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Hammack, Denny
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Date Created
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2021-09-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Gentrification
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Longtime YMCA board member Denny Hammack has been especially involved with the Johnston YMCA, which began as a project of the Johnston Mill in the early 1950s. The North Charlotte area, now known as North Davidson or NoDa, has undergone many chang...
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Pamela Davies oral history interview, 2021 September 22
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Davies, Pamela
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Date Created
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2021-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Civic improvement, Social values, Equality
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As the first female board chair of the Charlotte YMCA, and as a recent board chair of the national YMCA, Pamela Davies brought a broad perspective to this interview. Unlike many other people interviewed, she did not grow up involved in YMCA activi...
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Stan Law oral history interview, 2021 August 25
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Law, Stan
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Date Created
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2021-08-25
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Young Men's Christian associations, African American leadership, Discrimination in education, Career development
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Charlotte native Stan Law is one of the most active and successful African American leaders in the Charlotte YMCA. He became involved with the Y when his parents sent him to a YMCA summer camp, and he got his first job there soon after college. He...
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Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 5, 2021 August 10
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Allison, Janice Covington, 1947-2021
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Date Created
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2021-08-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender women, Transgender people--Identity, Gender transition--Hormone therapy, Gender transition
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In this fifth of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her experiences with transitioning physically and emotionally. [All times approximate]. [00:00] Introduct...
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Fred Ashford oral history interview 2, 2021 July 29
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Ashford, Fred
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Date Created
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2021-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Community development, Mills and mill-work, Recreation
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Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...
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Carlenia Ivory oral history interview, 2021 July 22
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Creator
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Ivory, Carlenia
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Date Created
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2021-07-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Civil rights, Fund raising
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Carlenia Ivory came to Charlotte in 1969 to attend Johnson C. Smith University. She met and married Titus Ivory, who was part of an activist family that participated in many civil rights endeavors in Charlotte and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ms. Iv...
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Jim Babb oral history interview 2, 2021 July 21
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Babb, James G., 1932-
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Date Created
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2021-07-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Exercise, Religion and social problems
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Jim Babb came to Charlotte, North Carolina from New York in the 1930s, when he was just a boy. He learned to swim at the Central YMCA when he was about 6 years old, and went regularly after that, traveling from his home in the Dilworth neighborhoo...
