Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-

Funk, Dawn

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2007-04-12

1 audio file (1:04:59) : digital, MP3 + 1 interview log (5 pages : PDF)

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Daisy Stroud was an 85-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1921. She graduated from Second Ward High School and Fayetteville State College, and was employed as a teacher.

Native Charlottean Daisy Stroud shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Ms. Stroud was a resident of First Ward, and speaks about Brooklyn being an exciting place to visit that was reminiscent of New York's Harlem. Mrs. Stroud has many fond memories of attending Second Ward High School, of the teachers, the courses and curriculum, and singing in the school's choral group. She also talks about the organization she founded with her husband, the Daisy Spears and Gerson L. Stroud Foundation, which provides college scholarships to students enrolled at Johnson C. Smith University or Fayetteville State College.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV. Interview originally recorded on electronic optical disc and reformatted using Exact Audio Copy.

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Teachers

Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-

Second Ward High School (Charlotte, N.C.)

African Americans--Segregation
African American neighborhoods
African American families
African American schools
Urban renewal
African American churches
Scholarships

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--First Ward
North Carolina--Charlotte--Second Ward
North Carolina--Charlotte--Brooklyn

Interviews
Oral histories

1920-2010

Student project on Second Ward

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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, 2001 June 20, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2079); Daisy Stroud oral history interview 2, 2005 February 3, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A200); Gerson Stroud oral history interview, 2001 June 20, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A106)

Gerson Stroud papers, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/288)

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