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Kathleen Crosby oral history interview, 2001 October 1
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Creator
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Crosby, Kathleen R. (Kathleen Ross), 1925-2012
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Date Created
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2001-10-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Early childhood education, School management and organization, African American school principals, Early childhood education--Administration, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Racism, Threats of violence
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Description
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Kathleen Crosby recounts her forty-year career as an educator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), as well as her involvement in the civil rights movement in Charlotte. She describes the conditions for African Americans living under Jim Crow in...
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Thereasea Delerine Elder oral history interview 2, 2001 May 9
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Creator
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Elder, Thereasea D. Clark (Thereasea Delerine Clark), 1927-2021
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Date Created
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2001-05-09
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Subjects--Topical
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African American nurses, Public health nursing, Health and race, Discrimination in medical care, Household employees, Housing, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation, School integration
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Description
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Thereasea Elder recounts her and her family's experiences living in Charlotte throughout the twentieth century, as well as her forty-five years as a nurse. Growing up in a segregated Charlotte, she describes life in the close-knit African American...