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Newell Gymnasium group oral history interview, 1993 January 16
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Creator
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Austin, Ernest B., 1926-2014
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Date Created
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1993-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Rural schools, Country life, Gymnasiums, School sports, Depressions
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Description
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A group of former Newell High School students, including Ernest B. Austin, Lloyd Cochran, Russell G. Faulk, Francis Freeman, Vera Kimbrell, and several unnamed speakers, discuss the role basketball played in Newell, an unincorporated farming commu...
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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...
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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost oral history interview, 1993 October 22
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Creator
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Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013
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Date Created
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1993-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Young Men's Christian associations, Youth league basketball, Basketball for children, Basketball--Tournaments, Sports administration, Sports, Softball, Mills and mill-work, Concessions (Amusements, etc.), Youth--Societies and clubs
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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost discuss their careers and experiences with the YMCA. Mr. Baker worked for the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 40 years, and he describes sports programs at the YMCA for children and adults fro...
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Jasper Barber oral history interview, 1993 September 22
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Creator
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Barber, Jasper Dennis, 1932-2002
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Date Created
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1993-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundries--Management, Foundry workers, Industrial relations, Plastic pipe industry, Piping--Design and construction, Pipe mills, Mechanization, Work environment
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Description
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Jasper Barber was a Charlotte Pipe and Foundry employee for twenty seven years at the time of the interview. Mr. Barber was hired in 1968 as a machinist for the newly created Plastics Division, and he discusses the various early practical and admi...
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Anne Batten oral history interview, 1993 July 26
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Creator
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Batten, Anne, 1914-2006
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Date Created
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1993-07-26
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Subjects--Topical
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City and town life, High school teaching, History--Study and teaching, History--Societies, etc., School integration
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Anne Batten discusses growing up in the Dilworth community in Charlotte, North Carolina, her career as a teacher, and the role she played in historic preservation in Mecklenburg County. Subjects include teaching English, French, and history in rur...
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Mildred Bauguess oral history interview, 1993 May 14
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Creator
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Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
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Date Created
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1993-05-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers
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Description
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Mildred Little Bauguess discusses her basketball career at Claremont High School in Claremont, North Carolina and playing semi-professionally on the Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball team during the 1940s and 1950s. She recalls the accolades, tourn...
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Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball panel discussion, 1996 March 3
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Creator
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Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
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Date Created
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1996-03-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers, Softball
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Description
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Historian Pamela Grundy leads a panel discussion at the Levine Museum of the New South with four former members of the Hanes Hosiery women's basketball team, Mildred "Milly" Baugess, Evelyn "Eckie" Jordan, Eunies Futch, and Hazel Phillips, who pla...
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Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
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Creator
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Baxter, Andy
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Date Created
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1999-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
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Description
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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...
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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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Patsy Bolin oral history interview, 1992 October 15
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Creator
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Bolin, Patsy N., 1941-2012
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Date Created
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1992-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Clubs, African Americans--Segregation
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Description
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Patsy Bolin recounts working as a bookkeeper at the YMCA in Belmont, North Carolina beginning in 1960. Ms. Bolin describes how the YMCA during that time was only open to white men and how she and other female employees could not enter the health c...
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Bill E. Bost oral history interview, 1993 March 15
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Creator
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Bost, Bill E. (Billy Earl), 1932-1995
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Date Created
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1993-03-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, Basketball coaches, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women--Coaching, Basketball teams, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Basketball--Social aspects, Basketball teams, Basketball stories
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Former player, coach, and educator Bill Bost discusses his personal experiences around the game of basketball. Living and coaching in Catawba County, North Carolina, Mr. Bost explains the pivotal role basketball serves in a small town, where playe...
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Sister Mary Michel Boulus oral history interview, 1993 June 28
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Creator
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Boulus, Mary Michel, Sister, 1926-2012
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Date Created
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1993-06-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Catholics--Education, Catholic schools, Catholic universities and colleges, Nuns as teachers, School integration, Basketball
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Description
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Sister Mary Michel Boulus recounts her life and her forty-five year career in Catholic education and administration. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Sister Boulus grew up in Concord and describes the challenges the Catholic community faced th...
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Jack Boyte oral history interview, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Boyte, Jack O., 1920-2005
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Evangelicalism, Religious gatherings, City and town life, Boy Scouts, Presbyterianism, Church fund raising
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Native Charlottean Jack Boyte shares his experiences with evangelical revivals in Charlotte, North Carolina. From his days of Boy Scout volunteerism, he discusses his exposure to and participation in the revivals of evangelist Mordecai Ham. He off...
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Jeff Brafford oral history interview, 1993 May 12
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Creator
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Brafford, Jeff
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Date Created
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1993-05-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair basketball players, Basketball--Tournaments, Fund raising, Basketball--Rules, Wheelchair sports, Wheelchairs, Athletes with disabilities, Sports for people with disabilities, Basketball stories, Exhibition games
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Jeff Brafford, a wheelchair basketball player with a mobility impairment, shares his experiences playing wheelchair basketball with the Charlotte Cyclones in Charlotte, North Carolina. He talks about the history of wheelchair basketball which star...
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Burrell Brown oral history interview, 1993 March 31
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Creator
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Brown, Burrell P. (Burrell Peterson), Jr., 1917-2001
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Date Created
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1993-03-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, African American schools, African Americans--Segregation, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball for children, Discipline of children, School sports--Social aspects, Sports uniforms, Basketball players, Basketball for girls, Basketball stories, Basketball--Training
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Burrell Brown shares his memories of coaching basketball at Ridgeview High School, a segregated school for African American students in Hickory, North Carolina, beginning in 1948. He discusses how he improved his coaching by reading books by notab...
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Thomas L. Bryant and John Costner oral history interview, 1993 September 29
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Creator
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Bryant, Thomas L. (Thomas Leroy), 1950-
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Date Created
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1993-09-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Coaching, School integration, School integration--Social aspects, Race relations, Basketball--Tournaments
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Thomas L. "Tommy" Bryant and John Costner share their experiences playing on the Ashley High School basketball team in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1967, during the first year of integration at the school. John Costner, a Black student, transferred...
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Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
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Creator
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Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1993-03-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
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Description
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Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...
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Lincolnton High School players oral history interview, 1993 September 28
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Creator
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Carter, Betty Langley
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Date Created
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1993-09-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Travel
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Betty Carter, Ramona Hinkle, Billie Martin, and Nancy Boulware describe their experiences playing for the Lincolnton High School women's basketball team during the 1950s. They talk about playing basketball throughout elementary and middle school, ...
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Astrid Chirinos oral history interview, 2002 September 11
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Creator
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Chirinos, Astrid, 1960-
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Date Created
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2002-09-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Americans--Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Nationalism, Sex role, Biculturalism, Religion and culture, Cities and towns--Growth, Globalization
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Astrid Chirinos discusses her experience as a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ms. Chirinos moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with the encouragement of her father to attend St. Mary's College. Ms. Chirinos shar...
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Dean Colvard oral history interview 3, 1996 May 31
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Creator
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Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007
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Date Created
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1996-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Fund raising, Evangelicalism, Race relations--Religious aspects
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As the chairperson of the 1972 Billy Graham Crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Dean Colvard discusses his role in the planning and implementation of the religious event. He details the development of such a large crusade by thousands of vol...