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Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
Title
Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
Creator
Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
Date Created
2001-05-10
Subjects--Topical
African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
Description
Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...
Arthur Stinson oral history interview, 2007 April 23
Title
Arthur Stinson oral history interview, 2007 April 23
Creator
Stinson, Arthur L. (Arthur Lee), 1933-2013
Date Created
2007-04-23
Subjects--Topical
African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, City and town life, Amusements
Description
Arthur L. Stinson recounts his experiences growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses schools and businesses in Brooklyn, working as a teenager in the coal yard and wood yard, and ...
Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
Title
Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
Creator
Brown, Calvin L. (Calvin Lee), 1935-
Date Created
2007-04-27
Subjects--Topical
African Americans--Segregation, African American lawyers, Discrimination in public accommodations, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal, African American churches, African American neighborhoods
Description
Calvin Brown shares his memories of living in Charlotte, North Carolina during a time when segregation was being challenged by civil rights groups. He moved to Charlotte in 1961 after completing law school, and discusses representing clients, part...
Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
Title
Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
Creator
Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
Date Created
2001-06-20
Subjects--Topical
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations
Description
Daisy Spears Stroud, a native of Charlotte, recounts her experiences growing up in the First Ward neighborhood and her career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system before and during desegregation in the 1950s-1970s. She describes her experien...
Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
Title
Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
Creator
Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created
2004, 2006
Subjects--Topical
Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
Description
Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...
E. Terrell Blackmon oral history interview, 2020 December 04
Title
E. Terrell Blackmon oral history interview, 2020 December 04
Creator
Blackmon, E. Terrell (Edward Terrell)
Date Created
2020-12-04
Subjects--Topical
College students, College students, Black, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning
Description
E. Terrell Blackmon shares experiences from his time as a student at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.[All times approximate.] Topics discussed include the influence of Africana studies on Black students [16 min], student organizations s...
James B. Lee oral history interview 2, 2018 May 29
Title
James B. Lee oral history interview 2, 2018 May 29
Date Created
2018-05-29
Subjects--Topical
Gentrification, Gentrification--Government policy, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
Description
In this second interview, community historian James Bradley Lee III continues to recall his personal experiences of growing up in Grier Heights, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his concerns about the effe...
John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
Title
John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
Creator
Archibald, John, 1925-2008
Date Created
2004-04-01
Subjects--Topical
Working class families, Working class, Mills and mill-work, Industrial housing, Vocational education, Shipyards, Labor unions, War, Americans--Public opinion, Bombings, Airplanes, Military, Poverty, Racism, Racism--Economic aspects, Work environment, Veterans
Description
John Archibald recounts growing up in the Leakesville-Spray area of Rockingham Country, North Carolina, his time as a soldier during World War II, and his life and career after the war. As Mr. Archibald grew older, he became aware that his educati...
Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
Title
Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
Creator
Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created
2001-05-01
Subjects--Topical
Political leadership, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Cities and towns--Growth
Description
Kelly Alexander Jr., the son of local, state, and national NAACP leader and local businessman Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. and Margaret Alexander, recounts his active involvement in civil rights in Charlotte, North Carolina and the larger community. He...
Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
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...
Margaret Murphy oral history interview, 2020 July 30
Title
Margaret Murphy oral history interview, 2020 July 30
Creator
Murphy, Margaret, 2000-
Subjects--Topical
School shootings, College students, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Memorials, Local government--Political aspects, Political activists
Description
Margaret Murphy, a UNC Charlotte rising junior, university chapter Director for March For Our Lives, (MFOL) and Co-Director for North Carolina MFOL, discusses her experiences related to April 30, 2019 when a gunman opened fire in a classroom on th...
Mary Lou Clarke oral history interview, 2001 May 11
Title
Mary Lou Clarke oral history interview, 2001 May 11
Creator
Clarke, Mary Lou, 1932-2006
Date Created
2001-05-11
Subjects--Topical
Segregation, Civil rights movements, Race relations, Boycotts, Health promotion, AIDS activists, Medical assistants, Nurses' aides
Description
Mary Clarke, Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP president (1986-1990), describes her experiences working for the NAACP from the 1950s to the 1990s, with attention given to her early role as a fundraiser and her later work as chapter president. Ms. Clarke...
Reginald A. Hawkins oral history interview 1, 2001 June 11
Title
Reginald A. Hawkins oral history interview 1, 2001 June 11
Creator
Hawkins, Reginald Armistice, 1923-2007
Date Created
2001-06-11
Subjects--Topical
African American political activists, African Americans--Social conditions, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation, Political participation, Segregation in education, School integration, Trials, litigation, etc.
Description
In this interview, Dr. Reginald Armistice Hawkins discusses his significant involvement in the African American Civil Rights Movement nationally, within the state of North Carolina, and in Mecklenburg County. Mr. Hawkins candidly describes his exp...
Sequoyah Cottoms oral history interview, 2021 March 4
Title
Sequoyah Cottoms oral history interview, 2021 March 4
Creator
Cottoms, Sequoyah
Date Created
2021-03-04
Subjects--Topical
College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, Police shootings, Student teaching
Description
Sequoyah Cottoms shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2014 to 2017. [All times approximate] Sequoyah shares what going to college meant to her as a first-generation student and why she transferred to UNC Charlott...
Vernon M. Herron oral history interview, 2007 March 13
Title
Vernon M. Herron oral history interview, 2007 March 13
Creator
Herron, Vernon M. (Vernon Mack), 1928-
Date Created
2007-03-13
Subjects--Topical
African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African Americans--Education, African American families, African Americans--Housing, Urban renewal
Description
Dr. Vernon Herron shares his memories of growing up near the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Herron describes his education attending Myers Street Elementary and Second Ward High School, where he ...