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Benjamin Chavis Jr. oral history interview, 2005 February 7
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Creator
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Chavis, Ben, 1948-
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Date Created
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2005-02-07
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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Description
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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...
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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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Description
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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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Carson H. Beckwith oral history interview, 2006 December 1
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Creator
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Beckwith, Carson H. (Carson Hezekiah), 1909-2009
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Date Created
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2006-12-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Beauty operators, Civil rights, Beauty culture--Study and teaching, Beauty culture, Beauty shops, African American businesspeople
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Description
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In this interview, Carson Beckwith recounts his life and career as a cosmetologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Beckwith discusses his upbringing in rural Craven County, North Carolina, his experiences while attending school at the North Caro...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 2, 1996 September 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1996-09-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Busing for school integration, Magnet schools, Civil rights, Discrimination in education, Families--Education, Race relations
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Description
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent and longtime employee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, discusses his life and work as an educator. After reflecting on his early experiences as the son of a textile mill superintendent in ...
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David Hunter oral history interview 1, 1996 October 2
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Creator
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Hunter, David, 1933-
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Date Created
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1996-10-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights, Discrimination in education, College teachers, College administrators, Educational equalization
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Description
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Dr. David Hunter discusses his personal experiences with education and his lifelong work as an educator in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes growing up in the African American neighborhood of Cherry, attending segregated scho...
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Dorothy B. Dae oral history interview, 2004 October 11
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Creator
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Dae, Dorothy, 1951-
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Date Created
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2004-10-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, African American student movements, Cheerleading, Civil rights, College integration, College sports, School integration, Student unions, Universities and colleges--Social aspects
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Description
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Dorothy Dae recounts her experiences as one of a small group of African American students that attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. She discusses the struggle the students had with the St...
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Girvaud Justice oral history interview 1, 2006 August 6
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Creator
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Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
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Date Created
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2006-08-06
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Soap box derbies, African Americans and libraries
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Description
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Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...
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Girvaud Justice oral history interview 2, 2006 August 11
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Creator
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Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
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Date Created
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2006-08-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Gentrification, City planning--Citizen participation, Drug traffic--Social aspects, Public housing
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Description
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Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board ...
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James Cuthbertson Jr. oral history interview, 2004 July 28
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Creator
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Cuthbertson, James, 1950-
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Date Created
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2004-07-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, African American student movements, Civil rights, College integration, Race relations, Racism, School integration, Student unions, Universities and colleges--Social aspects, Greek letter societies, African American Greek letter societies
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Description
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James Cuthbertson recounts his experiences as one of the few African American students attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. As a member of the Black Student Union, he discusses how the s...
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John L. Shadd oral history interview, 2004 May 1
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Creator
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Shadd, John L. (John Less), 1924-2014
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Date Created
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2004-05-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Political and social views, Racism
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Description
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John L. Shadd briefly shares his thoughts on race relations within the United States during the 1930s-1970s. He comments on Jim Crow laws; the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on the livelihoods of all Americans, but African Americans in partic...
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Julius L. Chambers oral history interview, 1997 October 24
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Creator
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1997-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc., School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Civil rights, Political and social views
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Description
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Charlotte attorney Julius L. Chambers, who represented the plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, talks at length about the integration of schools in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County during the late 196...
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Maggie Lamb Nicholson oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Nicholson, Maggie Lamb, 1906-1998
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Busing for school integration, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Race relations
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Description
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Rev. Dr. Maggie Lamb Nicholson recounts her childhood days in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the 1900s as well as her experiences as a pastor in the Charlotte, North Carolina region beginning after her move to Charlotte in 1968. She also discus...
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Mark Ethridge oral history interview, 2019 May 13
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Creator
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Ethridge, Mark
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Date Created
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2019-05-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Newspapers, Journalism, Mass media, Civil rights, Employee rights, Creative writing, Pulitzer Prizes, Television in religion, Investigative reporting, Byssinosis
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Mark Ethridge, a journalist, novelist, and media entrepreneur, discusses his career, with special attention to his years as a reporter and editor at the Charlotte Observer newspaper, during the 1970s and 1980s. He begins by discussing his first ye...
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Robert L. Barret oral history interview 1, 2014 October 1
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Creator
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Barret, Robert L.
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Date Created
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2014-10-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Race discrimination, Homophobia, Segregation, Civil rights, Gay men, AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
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In this first of three interviews, Dr. Robert L. Barret, professor emeritus in counseling at UNC Charlotte, practicing psychotherapist, and LGBTQ activist, discusses his life and career changes that led up to his involvement as an advocate for LGB...
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Sidney Freeman oral history interview 1, 2003 May 21
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Creator
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Freeman, Sidney L.
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Date Created
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2003-05-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Education--Political aspects, Trials, litigation, etc., Equality, Race relations, Racism, College teachers, Unitarian churches--Clergy
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Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Freeman, the longtime minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte (UUCC), recounts his involvement in the city's civil rights movement. Originally from Wisconsin, Dr. Freeman moved to Charlotte in 1957 to take the...
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Steve Crump oral history interview, 2018 December 14
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Creator
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Crump, Steve
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Date Created
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2018-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Slave trade, African American jockeys, African American radio broadcasters
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Description
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Steve Crump recounts his life as a television reporter and documentary filmmaker from the 1980s into the 2010s. He describes his second career as a director of television documentaries, primarily about the African-American experience. Many of thes...
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T.J. Reddy oral history interview, 2004 June 28
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Creator
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Reddy, T. J., 1945-
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Date Created
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2004-06-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, African American college students, African American college students--Political activity, African American student movements, Civil rights, Blacks--Race identity, Pan-Africanism, Race relations, Spoken word poetry
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Artist and civil rights activist T.J. Reddy discusses his higher educational experiences in Charlotte and his involvement in civil rights activism during the 1960s-1970s. He describes being dissatisfied with attending Johnson C. Smith, then transf...