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Lillie Dial oral history interview, 2004 April 19
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Creator
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Dial, Lillie, 1925-
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Date Created
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2004-04-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, African American schools, African American school children, Education, Rural, School integration, School children
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Description
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Lillie Dial describes her educational experiences, including attending Pineville Colored High School in Pineville, North Carolina beginning in 1937 and attending Barber-Scotia College. Pineville Colored High School, a Rosenwald School, was new whe...
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Mable Latimer oral history interview, 2005 April 18
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Creator
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Latimer, Mable, 1934-
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Date Created
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2005-04-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African American students, Segregation in education, School integration, African American neighborhoods, Students--Social life and customs, Parent-teacher relationships, Race relations, Segregation in education, Volunteer workers in education
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Description
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Mable Latimer reflects on her experiences at West Charlotte High School, both as a student during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and after coming back to the school as a volunteer in the 2000s. Education was segregated at the time in North Caroli...
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Madelyn Wilson oral history interview, 2002 February 2
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Creator
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Wilson, Madelyn Joyce S., 1953-
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Date Created
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2002-02-01
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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Description
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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...
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Maggie Lamb Nicholson oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Nicholson, Maggie Lamb, 1906-1998
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Busing for school integration, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Race relations
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Description
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Rev. Dr. Maggie Lamb Nicholson recounts her childhood days in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the 1900s as well as her experiences as a pastor in the Charlotte, North Carolina region beginning after her move to Charlotte in 1968. She also discus...
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Margaret Alexander oral history interview 1, 2001 April 30
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Creator
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Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
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Date Created
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2001-04-30
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American women civil rights workers, African American women political activists, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race relations
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Description
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Margaret Alexander, civil rights activist and wife of civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., discusses her involvement in Charlotte's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the NAACP. Sh...
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Margaret Whitton Ray Papers, 1972-1974
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Creator
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Ray, Maggie W. (Margaret Whitton)
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Date Created
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1972, 1974
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, School integration
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Description
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Papers of Margaret Whitton Ray, who formed the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) in November 1973 to develop pupil assignment guidelines for integrating Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools as an alternative to the more conservative integration plan proposed...
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Marty Johnson Saunders oral history interview 1, 2006 November 28
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Creator
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Saunders, Margaret Johnson, 1933-
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Date Created
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2006-11-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Middle class African Americans, Segregation in education, School integration, Racism in education, Race relations, Urban renewal, Social values, Teachers
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Description
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Charlotte native Marty Saunders talks about her life, family, and career as a teacher. She recounts growing up in the Biddleville neighborhood, and how her family emphasized the importance of education. Mrs. Saunders describes attending West Charl...
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Mary Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Heath, Mary, 1953-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
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Description
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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 ...
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Mary K. Pistole oral history interview, 1993 March 27
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Creator
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Pistole, Mary K., 1924-2001
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Date Created
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1993-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth, Presidents--Death, Women--Employment--Social aspects, Small business, Racism, School integration, Busing for school integration
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Description
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Mary Pistole recounts her life and experiences in Charlotte during the Great Depression, World War II, and the postwar era. Mrs. Pistole grew up in the Myers Park neighborhood and was an eighth grader at Alexander Graham Junior High School when th...
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Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
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Creator
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Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
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Date Created
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1999-07-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
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Description
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Mary Lou and James "Jim" Babb recount their family's experiences attending West Charlotte High School during the height of school busing for integration in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Topics discussed include t...
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Mazella McDowell oral history interview, 2015 October 31
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Creator
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McDowell, Mazella, 1950-
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Date Created
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2015-10-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, Cities and towns--Growth, School integration
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Description
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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...
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Meeting at Park Center, Charlotte, regarding school integration
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Date Created
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1957
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Segregation in education, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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Kelly Alexander (podium), Mr. and Mrs. Huntley (left of podium) and Mr. and Mrs. Counts (right, seated)
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Nadine Ford oral history interview 1, 2015 November 15
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Creator
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Ford, Elaine N. (Elaine Nadine)
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Date Created
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2015-11-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, School integration, Urban gardening, Gentrification
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Description
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Nadine Ford, who has had a career in waste management, is a native Charlottean who was raised in the Druid Hills neighborhood during the civil rights era. She describes her schooling experience during desegregation busing, and the transformation o...
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Nettie House oral history interview, 2006 October 24
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Creator
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House, Nettie S., 1924-
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Date Created
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2006-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Textile workers, Depressions, Race relations, School integration
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Description
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Charlotte native Nettie House describes her life growing up in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood, her experiences during World War II, and her married life in Charlotte during the postwar period. Her father came to Charlotte from Union County to wo...
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Our job is to educate children.
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1970-04-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Segregation in education, School integration, Governors, School boards
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Description
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Topics include: Claude R. Kirk Jr.; Segregationists; Florida; School desegregation; School integration; United States federal courts
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Phaedra Holley oral history interview, 2021 July 20
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Creator
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Holley, Phaedra Berry
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Date Created
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2021-07-20
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, School integration
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In this interview, Phaedra Holley discusses her time as a student at UNC Charlotte and her life after graduating. [all times approximate]. Growing up in Kinston, North Carolina and attending a private school until high school when local schools in...
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Reginald A. Hawkins oral history interview 1, 2001 June 11
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Creator
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Hawkins, Reginald Armistice, 1923-2007
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Date Created
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2001-06-11
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Subjects--Topical
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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.
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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...
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Ronald R. Caldwell oral history interview, 2005 May 31
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Creator
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Caldwell, Ronald R. (Ronald Renord)
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Date Created
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2005-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, African American student movements, African Americans--Study and teaching, College integration, Race relations, Student unions, Student movements, School integration
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Description
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Ronald Caldwell discusses his involvement in the black student movement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He discusses Stokely Carmichael's campus speech; the February 26, 1969...
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Sandy Hoagland Jr. oral history interview, 2015 September 2
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Creator
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Hoagland Jr., Sandy
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Date Created
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2015-09-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, School integration, Urban renewal, Public housing, African American families
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Description
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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...