Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006

Player, Brannon

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1997-11-04

1 audio file (19:40) : digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Dr. Andrew P. “Sam” Haywood was a 64-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Randolph County, North Carolina in 1933. He was educated at High Point College, Western Carolina University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was employed as a teacher, school principal, and an area superintendent.

Dr. Andrew "Sam" Haywood discusses his role as principal of Independence and West Charlotte High Schools and as chairman of county high school principals during the turbulent years of desegregation. He describes the benefits of desegregation and recounts some of the challenges he and his teachers faced, including the school board's continued divisiveness and the teachers' daily struggle to provide an equal educational opportunity for all students. Dr. Haywood also explains the significance of teacher training programs, which specifically addressed how to handle situations involving students from different racial backgrounds. Further, he recounts his own efforts as school administrator to foster better student relations amongst students from different backgrounds. He also explains how West Charlotte was able to serve as a national model for successful public school integration and he describes their outreach work with South Boston High School in Massachusetts. Dr. Haywood concludes his interview by discussing the problems with race relations that persisted at the time of the interview, and he emphasizes the importance of helping students understand others from different cultural and racial backgrounds.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

School administrators
Teachers
School principals

Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)

High schools--Administration
High school principals
School integration
Race relations in school management
Teacher-student relationships

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1970-2000

David Goldfield student project on change in the Charlotte region

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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Andrew P. Haywood papers, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/103)

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