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Jeffrey L. Nance oral history interview, 1997 September 30
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Creator
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Nance, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lane), 1956-
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Date Created
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1997-09-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Segregation in education, Race relations, Educational equalization, Busing for school integration, Busing for school integration--Public opinion, Race riots
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Description
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Computer programmer Jeffrey Nance, a native of the Charlotte region, discusses his experiences attending Garinger High School during school integration in the early 1970s. Mr. Nance was finishing the eighth grade when the Supreme Court determined ...
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Linda Lawyer oral history interview 1, 2018 April 6
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Creator
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Lawyer, Linda A. (Linda Ann), 1947-
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Date Created
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2018-04-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Lesbians, Gay Community, Lesbians' writings
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In this interview, Charlotte LGBTQ activist Linda Lawyer discusses the history of Queen City Friends (QCF), the lesbian organization that she founded in 1986. Mrs. Lawyer explains how her prior work with Charlotte's Gay and Lesbian Switchboar...
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Linda Lawyer oral history interview 2, 2019 January 24
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Creator
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Lawyer, Linda A. (Linda Ann), 1947-
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Date Created
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2019-01-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Lesbians, Computer Programming, Gay Community, Lesbians' writings, Sex discrimination in employment, Sex discrimination against women, Women in computer science
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Description
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As a lesbian coming of age in the late 1960s and 1970s, Linda Lawyer shares her early experiences with socialization and marginalization in this second of a series of interviews. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she discusses her Catholic u...
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Linda Lawyer oral history interview 3, 2019 April 9
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Creator
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Lawyer, Linda A. (Linda Ann), 1947-
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Date Created
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2019-04-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay Activists, Gay Community, Lesbians, Lesbians' writings, Marginality, Social
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Description
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In 1982, Linda Lawyer and her partner moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. In this third of several interviews, Mrs. Lawyer speaks in-depth about her LGBTQ community activism in Charlotte that began in the 1980s and continued in 2019. As a prominen...
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Norris A. Dearmon oral history interview, 1998 October 6
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Creator
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Dearmon, Norris A. (Norris Adam), 1922-
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Date Created
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1998-10-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Dentistry, Military, Mills and mill-work, Local history, Company towns, Textile industry--Technological innovations
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Description
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Norris Dearmon recounts his life in Kannapolis, North Carolina and his sixty-year long relationship with Cannon Mills as an employee and amateur historian. Topics discussed include his childhood growing up during the Great Depression, his experien...