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Title: Cynthia Roddey oral history interview, 2004 May 17
Creator: Roddey, Cynthia P. (Cynthia Plair)
Date Created: 2004-05-17
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Education, African American families, Middle class African Americans, African American schools, Teachers, Segregation in education, Civil rights movements, Race relations, School integration, Social values
Description: Dr. Cynthia Roddey describes her education in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina and her experiences as a teacher after graduation. She attended segregated schools during the 1950s, including Biddleville Elementary and Immanue...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 2004, 2006
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 2006-12-10
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts her experience growing up in the Biddleville community in the 1950s, including being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her four days at ...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 1996-01-20
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...

Title: Elaine Lynch oral history interview, 2004 April 27
Creator: Lynch, Elaine, 1942-
Date Created: 2004-04-27
Subjects--Topical: Teachers, African American schools, African American families, African American churches, Segregation, Segregation in education, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, School integration, Civil rights movements
Description: Elaine Lynch discusses her home and family life while growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s. She recounts attending York Road High School and other segregated schools; interactions with white children; spending summers...

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: Girvaud Justice oral history interview 1, 2006 August 6
Creator: Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
Date Created: 2006-08-06
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Soap box derbies, African Americans and libraries
Description: Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...

Title: Girvaud Justice oral history interview 2, 2006 August 11
Creator: Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
Date Created: 2006-08-11
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Gentrification, City planning--Citizen participation, Drug traffic--Social aspects, Public housing
Description: Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board ...

Title: Gwendolyn Burris oral history interview, 2016 March 16
Creator: Burris, Gwendolyn, 1954-
Date Created: 2016-03-16
Subjects--Topical: School integration, Gentrification, Segregation in education, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Gwendolyn Burris is a Charlotte native who moved to the Optimist Park community in 1987. She shares her memories of growing up in downtown Charlotte and details some of the challenges her family faced, including school integration in the early 197...

Title: James L. Atkinson oral history interview, 2015 October 22
Creator: Atkinson, James, 1954-
Date Created: 2015-10-22
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
Description: James Atkinson discusses his life and his family's long term involvement with the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, including his role as an adviser to the Optimist Park Community Association. He describes the challenges of ...

Title: Katie Grier oral history interview, 2001 October 27
Creator: Grier, Katie, 1925-2010
Date Created: 2001-10-27
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, African American families, Country life, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Depressions, Canning and preserving, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination, School integration, Family farms, Domestic animals
Description: Katie Grier shares information about growing up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina for over thirty years, and her involvement with gardening throughout her life. She describes her...

Title: Katie McGill oral history interview, 2001 November 1
Creator: McGill, Katie Ementrice
Date Created: 2001-11-01
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Gardening, Dairy farms, Dairy workers, Family farms, School integration, African Americans--Segregation, Community gardens
Description: Katie McGill discusses her childhood growing up in rural Mint Hill, North Carolina and her involvement in the Wilmore Community Garden. Mrs. McGill was raised by her grandparents Samuel and Ester Stafford, and explained that her entire family work...

Title: Madelyn Wilson oral history interview, 2002 February 2
Creator: Wilson, Madelyn Joyce S., 1953-
Date Created: 2002-02-01
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Busing for school integration
Description: Madelyn Wilson describes her experiences growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, particularly as a student in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system as it underwent the process of integration during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She explains h...

Title: Mary Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
Creator: Heath, Mary, 1953-
Date Created: 2015-10-17
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
Description: Mary Heath, a Charlotte native, describes her life and experiences as a longtime resident of Optimist Park. Mrs. Heath discusses growing up in the Hickory Grove area of Charlotte and how desegregation impacted her education. She describes how she ...

Title: Mazella McDowell oral history interview, 2015 October 31
Creator: McDowell, Mazella, 1950-
Date Created: 2015-10-31
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, Cities and towns--Growth, School integration
Description: Mazella McDowell describes her childhood in Huntersville, North Carolina and her move to Charlotte when she was thirteen. She lived in the Belmont and Optimist Park neighborhoods where she raised her children. She details her experience building h...

Title: Sandy Hoagland Jr. oral history interview, 2015 September 2
Creator: Hoagland Jr., Sandy
Date Created: 2015-09-02
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, School integration, Urban renewal, Public housing, African American families
Description: Sandy Hoagland Jr. discusses his life growing up in Steele Creek and in Charlotte's First Ward during the 1960s and 1970s. [All times approximate] [00:00] Mr. Hoagland describes his family's history, his early childhood growing up in the...

Title: Terry Tiamd oral history interview, 2007 April 27
Creator: Tiamd, Terry
Date Created: 2004-05-02
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Education, Segregation in education, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African American elementary schools, Segregation in transportation, Youth--Societies and clubs, Civil rights movements, School integration, African Americans--Social conditions, Community organization
Description: Terry Tiamd recalls growing up in the Paw Creek community, which was later annexed by Charlotte, North Carolina, and differences that she perceived before and after desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. She discusses having to walk a mile to atten...

Title: Wayne Johnson oral history interview, 2019 January 14
Creator: Johnson, Wayne, 1953-
Date Created: 2019-01-14
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, School integration, African American families, Mentoring, Rosenwald schools
Description: Wayne Johnson, Charlotte realtor and longtime Grier Heights resident, discusses his deep family roots in Grier Heights, an historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Johnson describes how his maternal great grandfathe...

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