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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: Pauline Simuel oral history interview, 2015 October 17
Creator: Simuel, Pauline B. (Pauline Bonita), 1945-
Date Created: 2015-10-17
Subjects--Topical: African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, Drug traffic, Urban transportation--Public opinion, Gentrification, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Pauline Simuel describes her life and her commitment to the Optimist Park community in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her history with Habitat for Humanity, from building homes to moving into her own Habitat home in Optimist Park in 1986...