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Bill Blair Jr. oral history interview, 2007 October 11
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Creator
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Blair, Bill, Jr., 1938-
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Date Created
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2007-10-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Distilling, illicit
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Bill Blair Jr. recalls the stock car racing career of his father during the late 1940s and 1950s. He describes Bill Sr.'s experiences growing up on a farm with his brothers near High Point, North Carolina. Bill Sr. dabbled in moonshine running and...
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Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 2, 2009 April 8
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Creator
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Mangum, Bill, 1937-
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Date Created
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2009-04-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Distilling, Illicit, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Genealogy
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In this second of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum recount the experiences of their father, Gordon, who was a race car driver in the 1940s and 1950s. The Mangum brothers recall their father\u2019s love of short track racing in Virgin...
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Ernest Henderson oral history interview, 2004 March 9
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Creator
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Henderson, Ernest, Sr., 1917-2011
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Date Created
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2004-03-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Family farms, Farm life, Molasses, African American schools, Segregation in education, Segregation, Military education, Air pilots, Military, African American air pilots, Flight training, Armed Forces, War
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Ernest Henderson talks about his experiences as an African American growing up in Mountville, South Carolina during the 1920s and later serving in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor during World War II. Mr. Henderson describes attending hig...
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Jeanne DeArmon Bates oral history interview 1, 2005 May 26
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Creator
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Bates, Jeanne DeArmon, 1912-2012
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Date Created
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2005-05-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Genealogy, Education, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Gold mines and mining
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Description
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Jeanne DeArmon Bates discusses life in Charlotte, North Carolina and her husband's family's role in the development of Charlotte. She talks about her early life moving from Pensacola, Florida to Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Baltimor...