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Title: Elizabeth Stratford Newitt oral history interview 1, 1992 December 7
Creator: Newitt, Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth Stratford), 1905-1999
Date Created: 1992-12-07
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, School sports--Management, Basketball stories, Basketball--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball uniforms
Description: Elizabeth Stratford Newitt recounts her experiences playing basketball at Alexander Graham High School in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early 1920s. She discusses playing on the girls' high school basketball team and her role as the team’s ...

Title: Kate DeCamp oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: DeCamp, Kate B. (Kate Bingham), 1916-1993
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Manners and customs, Social values, Voluntarism
Description: Kate DeCamp briefly discusses her thirty-four years of living in Charlotte, North Carolina, and describes Charlotte as a very lively community and a nice place to live. She characterizes Charlotte as a progressive community and discusses leisure a...

Title: Margaret Alexander oral history interview 1, 2001 April 30
Creator: Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Date Created: 2001-04-30
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...

Title: Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
Creator: Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Date Created: 2007-04-02
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans and libraries, Civil rights movements, Racism, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
Description: Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses he...

Title: Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
Creator: Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
Date Created: 1999-07-14
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
Description: 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...

Title: Mattie Creigton oral history interview, 2003 March 5
Creator: Creigton, Mattie, 1912-2004
Date Created: 2003-03-05
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, City and town life, Roads--Design and construction, Amusements, Voting, Christian life
Description: Mattie Creighton, a lifelong Charlottean, recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina and working as a young woman during the 1930s and 1940s. Ms. Creighton describes her hardships during the time period including s...

Title: R. Powell Majors oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Majors, R. Powell, 1906-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Children's choirs, Boys' choirs, Choral conductors, Civic leaders
Description: Former Charlotte Rotary Club president R. Powell Majors recounts his experience as one of the founding patrons for the Rotary-sponsored Charlotte Boys Choir. He discusses the history of the choir, as well as the administrative, support, and operat...