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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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Andrew P. Haywood oral history interview 3, 1997 November 4
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Creator
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Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006
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Date Created
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1997-11-04
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Subjects--Topical
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High schools--Administration, High school principals, School integration, Race relations in school management, Teacher-student relationships
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Description
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Dr. Andrew "Sam" Haywood discusses his role as principal of Independence and West Charlotte High Schools and as chairman of county high school principals during the turbulent years of desegregation. He describes the benefits of desegregation and r...
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Architecture award plaque image 1
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1954-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture--Awards, Plaques, plaquettes
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Description
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1954 plaque awarding Graves and Toy architectural firm for outstanding architectural design of West Charlotte High School, Charlotte, N.C. The award was presented by the School Executive Better School Design Competition.
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Architecture award plaque image 2
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1954-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Architecture--Awards, Plaques, plaquettes
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Description
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1954 plaque awarding Graves and Toy architectural firm for outstanding architectural design of West Charlotte High School, Charlotte, N.C. The award was presented by the School Executive Better School Design Competition.
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Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
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Creator
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Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
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Date Created
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1999-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
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Description
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Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of inc...
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Calvin and Naomi Davis oral history interview, 2004 November 23
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Creator
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Davis, Calvin C., 1925-2007
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Date Created
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2004-11-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Education--Parent participation, Educational tests and measurements, African American teachers, School discipline, Segregation in education, School integration, Students--Academic workload, Students--Attitudes
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Description
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Calvin and Naomi Davis describe their experiences as students, teachers, parents, and grandparents in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, and reflect on the significant changes in education during their lifetimes. They discuss both the challe...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 1, 2005 December 14
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2005-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training
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Description
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Carol Newman, longtime administrator with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system discusses her involvement with the city's open school program between 1974 and the 1990s. Mrs. Newman describes her early interest in open education, whi...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 2, 2006 February 23
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2006-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training, Magnet schools, Federal aid to education, School integration
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Description
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In this second interview, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) administrator Carol Newman continues to discuss the successes and challenges of the city's open schools program, but also focuses on the emergence and significance of magnet school...
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Charles McCullough oral history interview, 1993 August 30
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Creator
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McCullough, Charles, 1932 or 1933-2017
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Date Created
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1993-08-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School sports, Track and field, Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, School integration, Basketball for girls, Basketball for women
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Charles McCullough discusses his experiences playing high school and college sports, and his career as athletics coach at West Charlotte High School beginning in the 1960s. He attended West Charlotte High School as well as coaching there as an adu...
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Geraldine T. Powe oral history interview, 2005 March 20
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Creator
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Powe, Geraldine T. (Geraldine Torrence), 1922-2012
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Date Created
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2005-03-20
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, African American schools, African American school children, School discipline, Corporal punishment of children, School integration, Race discrimination, Public welfare, Voluntarism, Values--Religious aspects--Christianity
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Geraldine Powe discusses her education in segregated schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. She talks about positive relationships between parents and teachers; living briefly in New York City as a student; school discipline, including paddling in ...
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Harvey Boyd oral history interview, 2004 April 17
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Creator
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Boyd, Harvey, 1944-
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Date Created
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2004-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Commercial art, Social integration, Advertising, Newspapers, African Americans--Employment, Mentoring in education
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Description
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Harvey Boyd reflects on his extraordinary life achievements, despite his limited opportunities as an African American man growing up in the segregated South. He begins by describing his childhood home, where he also lived at the time of interview,...
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Mae C. Orr oral history interview, 2007 April 5
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Creator
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Orr, Mae, 1929-
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Date Created
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2007-04-05
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American police, Violence, Urban renewal, City and town life, Amusements
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Description
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Mae C. Orr shares her memories of growing up and living in the Greenville community in Charlotte, North Carolina as well as her experiences visiting the Charlotte neighborhood of Brooklyn, also known as Second Ward. She describes attending the seg...
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Miriam Bates oral history interview, 2006 November 18
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Creator
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Bates, Miriam, 1926-
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Date Created
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2006-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Segregation, Segregation in education, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, African American Greek letter societies, Presbyterian Church, Education, Urban renewal
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Miriam Bates recounts her life growing up in Charlotte, her college experience at Hampton University in Virginia, and her return to Charlotte in 1978. Mrs. Bates recalls growing up in the Biddleville neighborhood in Charlotte, where she lived thro...
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Old West Charlotte High School image 3
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1954-11
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Subjects--Topical
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High school buildings, High schools
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Closer view of covered walkway and the back of the old West Charlotte High School on 1415 Beatties Ford Road. The part of the building in view is one-storey and made of brick and a window can be seen.