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Act-So Program
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Creator
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Alexander, Kelly M.
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Date Created
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1996
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, African Americans--Housing, Racism--Political aspects, Race discrimination, Police brutality, Police misconduct, Race relations, Politics and government
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Act-So committee
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Creator
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Alexander, Kelly M.
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Date Created
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1997
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, African Americans--Housing, Racism--Political aspects, Race discrimination, Police brutality, Police misconduct, Race relations, Politics and government
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Title
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Business and discrimination cartoon
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1969-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Racism, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Social conditions, Race discrimination
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Description
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Topics include: Entrepreneurship; Institutional racism; Discrimination
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Charles Jones oral history interview 1, 2005 May 18
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2005-05-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights--Religious aspects, Racism, Segregation, Nonviolence
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Description
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J. Charles Jones--civil rights activist, Freedom Rider, and founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)--recounts his early life growing up in the Carolinas and his involvement in the civil rights movement. A native of ...
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Charlotte NAACP meeting
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Date Created
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1950, 1965
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Subjects--Topical
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Meetings, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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Clarence Mitchell (center), Miss Annison (2nd left), Miss Brooks (2nd right), Kelly Alexander (back, right), and J. B. Humphrey (back, center)
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Dan L. Morrill oral history interview 5, 2012 March 6
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Creator
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Morrill, Dan L.
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Date Created
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2012-03-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, Universities and colleges--Faculty, College students, Public universities and colleges--Administration, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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In this interview, Dr. Dan Morrill, long-time history professor and marshall at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Consulting Director of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, describes how he came to work at ...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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Description
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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...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2006-12-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts her experience growing up in the Biddleville community in the 1950s, including being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her four days at ...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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1996-01-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...
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Group shot of Fifth Annual N.C. NAACP Convention, Charlotte
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Date Created
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1948-06-09, 1948-06-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Meetings, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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Kelly Alexander (front, kneeling). Caption: "1948 Fifth Annual North Carolina Conference of NAACP Branches Charlotte, N.C. June 9-10-11."
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Harvey Murphy oral history interview, 2012 August 15
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Creator
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Murphy, Harvey Frank, 1930-
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Date Created
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2012-08-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, College sports, African Americans--Civil rights, African American college athletes, Kinesiology--Study and teaching, Universities and colleges--Faculty
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Description
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In this interview, Dr. Harvey Murphy, long-time faculty member and athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his career at the university. He begins by recalling his first impressions of the fledgling campus in ...
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J. Kenneth Sanford oral history interview, 2012 April 17
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Creator
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Sanford, J. Kenneth
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Date Created
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2012-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Public relations, African Americans--Civil rights, Feminism
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Description
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In this interview, J. Kenneth (Ken) Sanford, long-time Director of Public Information and Publications at UNC Charlotte, shares his perspective of the process of Charlotte College becoming the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, first as an...
