Thrower, John Hampton, 1928-2013

Harpe, Jason

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2004-04-09

1 audio file (53:12) : digital, MP3 + 1 interview log (5 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

John Thrower was a 75-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place over the phone. He was born in 1928 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from Central High School and was employed with his family\u2019s business, Tilecrafters, Inc., later Hertron Chemical Co. He also served as a Charlotte City Council member.

John Thrower discusses his experiences serving two terms on the Charlotte City Council in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and 1970s. He describes poor living conditions in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina (also known as Second Ward) as being the primary motivation for his and the city of Charlotte's support of urban renewal. Topics include working with Vernon Sawyer and the Charlotte Redevelopment Commission and his impressions of Mayor Stanford Brookshire and fellow city councilmembers Bill Veeder and Donald G. Bryant. He also describes integrating black families into previously all-white neighborhoods during urban renewal.

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

Interview conducted over telephone. Recording difficult to hear at times.

City council members
Executives
Businesspeople

Thrower, John Hampton, 1928-2013
Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Hawkins, Reginald Armistice, 1923-2007
Sawyer, Vernon Lupton, 1922-
Bryant, Don, 1923-2013
Veeder, Bill (William), 1923 or 1924-2011

Charlotte (N.C.). City Council
Charlotte Redevelopment Commission

World War (1939-1945)

Urban redevelopment
African American neighborhoods
African American families
City planning
City council members
Urban renewal
African Americans--Segregation
Eminent domain

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Brooklyn
North Carolina--Charlotte--Second Ward
North Carolina--Charlotte--Cherry
North Carolina--Charlotte--Dilworth

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2010

Student project on Second Ward

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Bill Veeder oral history interview, 2004 April 4, 2004 September 4, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2678); Donald G. Bryant oral history interview, 2004 March 24, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2679); Vernon Sawyer oral history interview, 2004 April 19, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2676)

Charlotte Redevelopment Commission records, MS0350, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/mss%3Acharred)

OH-TH0399

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2675