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Title: George Little oral history interview, 2015 November 11
Creator: Little, George, 1992-
Date Created: 2015-11-11
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility, Race relations
Description: George Little shares his experiences growing up in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, where his parents built their home with Habitat for Humanity. Having lived in the neighborhood for twenty-three years, he discusses bei...

Title: Jeffrey Leak oral history interview, 2004 April 5
Creator: Leak, Jeffrey B., 1968-
Date Created: 2004-04-05
Subjects--Topical: Interracial friendship, Middle class African Americans, Race relations, School integration, Social integration, Urban renewal, Gentrification, Affirmative action programs, Civil rights movements, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: UNC Charlotte professor Jeffrey Leak discusses his family's history in the Charlotte, North Carolina region and recounts his experiences growing up in West Charlotte and attending recently integrated schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school sys...

Title: Wade Hampton Ferguson oral history interview, 2016 March 16
Creator: Ferguson, Wade Hampton, III, 1962-
Date Created: 2016-03-16
Subjects--Topical: African American churches, Food security, Race relations, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Bishop Wade Ferguson discusses his relationship to the neighborhood of Optimist Park in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he has been the full time minister of the Fifteenth Street Church of God since 2006. Providing background to his role as minis...