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Title: David Goldfield lecture, circa 1991
Creator: Goldfield, David R., 1944-
Date Created: circa 1991
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, City planning, Rural-urban migration, Migration, Internal, Race discrimination, Corporations--Growth, Urban renewal
Description: In this 1991 lecture, "A Southern Century," UNC Charlotte history professor Dr. David Goldfield discusses the changing social and economic status of the American South in the twentieth century. Setting the context for the growth that took shape in...

Title: Manuel Zapata oral history interview, 2002 August 29
Creator: Zapata, Manuel, 1940-
Date Created: 2002-08-29
Subjects--Topical: Emigration and immigration, Immigrants, Latin Americans, Latin Americans--Ethnic identity, Civilization--European influences, Cities and towns--Growth, Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects, Latin Americans--Religion, Latin Americans--Social life and customs
Description: Manuel Zapata shares stories from his life after migrating from Santiago, Chile to Gastonia, North Carolina in 1967. Mr. Zapata, an anti-Communist, left Chile to get away from the strengthening Communist Party, and describes how different life was...

Title: William Means Stewart, Jr., oral history interview 2, 2019 September 11
Creator: Stewart, William Means, Jr., 1917-
Date Created: 2019-09-11
Subjects--Topical: Accounting, Landowners--Attitudes, Construction industry, Cities and towns--Growth, Veterans
Description: In this second of two interviews, William "Bill" Stewart describes the university area of Charlotte, North Carolina, from the 1960s to 2000s, discusses Charlotte College's and later Walmart's moves to the area, and shares his opinion abo...