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Title: Benjamin Chavis Jr. oral history interview, 2005 February 7
Creator: Chavis, Ben, 1948-
Date Created: 2005-02-07
Subjects--Topical: African American college students, African American college students--Political activity, African American student movements, Chemistry, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, College integration, Race relations, Racism, Segregation, Student movements
Description: Dr. Benjamin Chavis recounts his involvement in the black student movement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when he was one of a small but politically active cohort of African...

Title: Humphrey Cummings oral history interview, 2004 December 14
Creator: Cummings, Humphrey
Date Created: 2004-12-14
Subjects--Topical: African American college students, Student movements, African American college students--Political activity, School integration, African American neighborhoods, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Race relations, Urban renewal
Description: Charlotte attorney Humphrey Cummings shares his memories of his time as an African American student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. As one out of a class of around thirty blac...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 8, 2010 June 8
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-06-08
Subjects--Topical: Students--Social life and customs, Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration, College teachers, Civil rights movements, African American college students
Description: In this fifth of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes how Bonnie Cone fought to make Charlotte College (later, UNC Charlotte) a part of the University of North Carolina system, and ...