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Title: Banita Brown oral history interview, 2006 December 2
Creator: Brown, Banita W. (Banita White), 1960-
Date Created: 2006-12-02
Subjects--Topical: College teachers, Education, Women scientists, African American scientists, Science--Social aspects, Social integration, Race relations
Description: In her interview, Dr. Banita Brown, an associate chemistry professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, reflects on her upbringing, education, and career. Dr. Brown recollects her formative years and early education in Rock Hill, So...

Title: Cindy Leggett oral history interview, 2006 April 1
Creator: Leggett, Cindy C. (Cindy Correll), 1949-
Date Created: 2006-04-01
Subjects--Topical: City and town life, Education, Middle class families, Physicians, Medical offices, Race relations, Segregation--Social aspects
Description: Cindy Leggett recalls her early life growing up and attending school in Kannapolis, North Carolina during the mid-twentieth century. She describes her parents' expectations towards education and how her father served as her role model and influenc...

Title: Community Talk, Charlotte radio WBT 1100, side a
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-01-07
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Local government, Race relations, Education
Description: Radio call-in program, Community Talk, on a local Charlotte radio station. Harvey Gantt begins taking calls from the community about 30 minutes into the program. Program pauses at times for commercials and weather updates.

Title: Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
Creator: Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
Date Created: 2001-06-20
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations
Description: Daisy Spears Stroud, a native of Charlotte, recounts her experiences growing up in the First Ward neighborhood and her career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system before and during desegregation in the 1950s-1970s. She describes her experien...

Title: David Hunter oral history interview 2, 2005 April 14
Creator: Hunter, David, 1933-
Date Created: 2005-04-14
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Social conditions, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Race relations, Segregation, Segregation in education, African American schools, College integration, Social integration, Education, Civil rights demonstrations
Description: David Lee Hunter chronicles his experiences growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during segregation in the 1940s and 1950s to later living and working in an integrated society. Mr. Hunter describes working as a teenager during the 1940s at the ...

Title: Greater Columbia Community Relations Council 39th Annual Luncheon remarks
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2003-06-11
Subjects--Topical: Equality, Social mobility, Community leadership, Political leadership, Education, Race relations

Title: Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and H.D. Kirkpatrick oral history interview 2, 2017 October 10
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Jimmie Lee
Date Created: 2017-10-10
Subjects--Topical: Football, Race relations, Soul music, Racism, Civil rights movements, Conscientious objectors, Education, Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas (Football)
Description: In this second of four related interviews with Jimmie Lee and H.D. Kirkpatrick, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick discusses his eventful life after graduating from Myers Park High School in 1965. He describes how he attended Purdue University, where he conti...

Title: Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created: 2001-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Political leadership, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Kelly Alexander Jr., the son of local, state, and national NAACP leader and local businessman Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. and Margaret Alexander, recounts his active involvement in civil rights in Charlotte, North Carolina and the larger community. He...