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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: 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...

Title: Reginald A. Hawkins oral history interview 1, 2001 June 11
Creator: Hawkins, Reginald Armistice, 1923-2007
Date Created: 2001-06-11
Subjects--Topical: African American political activists, African Americans--Social conditions, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation, Political participation, Segregation in education, School integration, Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: In this interview, Dr. Reginald Armistice Hawkins discusses his significant involvement in the African American Civil Rights Movement nationally, within the state of North Carolina, and in Mecklenburg County. Mr. Hawkins candidly describes his exp...