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Title: C. Morgan Edwards oral history interview 2, 2015 April 12
Creator: Edwards, C. Morgan (Calvin Morgan), 1938-
Date Created: 2015-04-12
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, Transportation, Business enterprises, Black, Segregation, School integration, Urban renewal, African American photographers
Description: Mr. C. Morgan Edwards discusses his life and upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born and raised in the community and currently a resident, he recalls how during his youth the community was a mixed incom...

Title: Hall, Curley and Laura Rankin oral history interview, 2014 May 27
Creator: Hall, Curley
Date Created: 2014-05-27
Subjects--Topical: Baptism, Bus travel, Transportation, Rivers
Description: Laura Rankin and Curley Hall discuss attending baptismal services while members of the Shiloh Baptist Church on Elmin Street in Reid Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. Curley Hall describes living in the old Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and be...

Title: Introductory remarks on the film "The Myth of Pruitt-Igoe"
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2013-03-14
Subjects--Topical: Film criticism, Urban renewal, Transportation, Poverty, Architecture and society, Racism--Economic aspects
Description: Remarks given on the film andquot;The Pruitt-Igoe Myth.andquot;

Title: Kristi McCray oral history interview, 2017 November 19
Creator: McCray, Kristi T. (Kristi Turner)
Date Created: 2017-11-19
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Discrimination in housing, Transportation, Cities and towns--Growth, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Kristi McCray provides a detailed account of the Optimist Park community located in Charlotte, North Carolina and its growth in the 1980s. She recalls her experience as one of the first Habitat for Humanity home owners in the neighborhood, and the...

Title: Maggie Coleman oral history interview, 2015 November 7
Creator: Coleman, Maggie, 1933-
Date Created: 2015-11-07
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Citizens' associations, Gentrification, Urban renewal
Description: Maggie Coleman served as the secretary, vice president, and president of the Druid Hills Neighborhood Association during the 1980s. Originally from Chester, South Carolina, Mrs. Coleman moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1955 in hopes of bette...

Title: Mildred M. Siderman oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Siderman, Mildred M. (Mildred McKee), 1919-2016
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Families--Social life and customs, Transportation, Floods
Description: Mildred M. Siderman recounts her years working as a practical nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina at Charlotte Memorial Hospital before she moved out of state in 1944. Other topics include how the North Carolina flood of 1916 affected her family in...

Title: Sorry, we go straight through!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1968-11-21
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Transportation
Description: Topics include: Charlotte City Council, Public transportation; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: Will Hollisby oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Hollisby, Will, approximately 1903-
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, City and town life, Transportation
Description: Will Hollisby recounts his fifty-seven years living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Topics include working as a landscaper for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and for private homeowners in Myers Park; using trains, trolleys, and buses within Charlotte an...