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Janet S. Gamble and Delores A. Crowder oral history interview 1, 2004 January 12
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Creator
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Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation in education, Rural schools, Corporal punishment of children, Student activities
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In this first of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenwa...
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Janet S. Gamble and Delores A. Crowder oral history interview 2, 2004 February 23
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Creator
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Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation in education, Rural schools, School integration
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In this second of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenw...
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Howard DeHart oral history interview, 2008 March 20
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Creator
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DeHart, Howard
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Date Created
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2008-03-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile mechanics, Pit crew chiefs, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors
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Howard DeHart reflects on his life, the early days of NASCAR, and his career with the Holman Moody racing shop in Charlotte. Growing up on his family's farm in rural Virginia during the Great Depression, Mr. DeHart explains how his interest in mec...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 10, 2007 July 2
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2007-07-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Cats in literature, Children's literature, Illustrations, Painting, Publishers and publishing, Puss in Boots (Tale)
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the early 1990s. In this tenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Puss in Boots (1991). Ms. Haley rela...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 3, 2006 April 13
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2006-04-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Children's literature, Environmentalism, Illustrations, Linoleum block-printing, Noah's ark, Painting, Pen drawing, Publishers and publishing
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her life and evolving career during the 1970s. In this third of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses the period in her life in which she a...
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of inc...
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Linda Bellamy oral history interview, 2005 October 25
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Creator
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Bellamy, Linda, 1952-
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Date Created
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2005-10-25
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Open plan schools, Teachers, Multiculturalism
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Linda Bellamy talks about her career at Irwin Elementary and her work in developing the English as a second language (ESL) program in the school. Ms. Bellamy reflects on the challenges she faced in developing this program and in teaching ESL stude...
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Sue Spayth Riley oral history interview, 2005 September 13
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Creator
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Riley, Sue Spayth, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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2005-09-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Unitarian Universalist churches--Education, Open plan schools, Education, Preschool--Curricula, Preschool teachers, School integration, Progressive education--Philosophy, Teacher-student relationships
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Sue Spayth Riley describes her experiences as the founder and director of Charlotte's first integrated and open preschool, the Open Door School. Ms. Riley attributes her decision to establish the Open Door School to a combination of influence...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 4, 2006 May 30
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2006-05-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Cats in literature, Children's literature, Costume design, Gouache painting, Illustrations, Kate Greenaway Medal, Working cats
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Description
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the mid to late 1970s. In this fourth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses The Post Office Cat (1976), which was awa...
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Rex White oral history interview, 2008 May 15
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Creator
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White, Rex, 1930-
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Date Created
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2008-05-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Chassis, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Sports--Corrupt practices, Automobile racing--Psychological aspects
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In this interview, Rex White recounts his early life and his career as a stock car driver from the 1950s to 1965. He begins by describing his life growing up in rural Taylorsville, North Carolina, including experience working on his father's Ford ...
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Beverly Moore oral history interview, 2005 May 27
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Creator
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Moore, Beverly, 1947-
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Date Created
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2005-05-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Special education, Exceptional children, Teachers
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Description
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Beverly Moore discusses her experience with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed children, and her connection with the open school program in Charlotte. While Ms. Moore began her career in the Columbia, South Carolina school district, she eventu...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 5, 2006 October 12
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2006-10-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Children's literature, Folk literature, Illustrations, Kate Greenaway Medal, Linoleum block-printing, Publishers and publishing, Storytelling
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Description
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her career during the late 1970s. In this fifth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley describes her work on Go Away, Stay Away (1977). She recount...
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Eugene Payne oral history interview 1, 2005 February 24
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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2005-02-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Airplanes--Piloting, Military education, Air pilots, Military, Flight navigators, Airplanes, Military, Family vacations
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In this interview, Eugene Payne, former editorial cartoonist for the Charlotte Observer, recounts his family's long history in Charlotte and his military service during World War II. He discusses his educational background, including his time...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 9, 2007 May 25
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2007-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Children's literature, Color separation, Illustrations, Linoleum block-printing, Mermaids in literature
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Description
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In this ninth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley recalls her work on A Sea Tale (1990). Ms. ...
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Martha O'Neill oral history interview, 2005 August 12
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Creator
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O'Neill, Martha, 1956-
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Date Created
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2005-08-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Drama in education, Arts in education, Musicals, School field trips, Sex instruction, Teachers
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Martha O'Neill shares her experiences as a drama teacher at Piedmont Open Middle School in Charlotte. She describes the characteristics of open education as it was understood and practiced within the school, including a focus on the whole child, a...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 12, 2008 January 16
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2008-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Children's literature, Illustrations, Jack tales, Mountains--Folklore, Puppet making, Storytelling
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the early 1990s. In this twelfth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley continues the conversation from her eleventh interview a...
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Pamela Grant oral history interview, 2005 May 31
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Grant, Pamela M., 1942-
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Date Created
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2005-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Open learning, Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Pamela M. Grant recounts her twenty-six year teaching career at Piedmont Open Middle School. Mrs. Grant became involved with the open learning movement in education during the late 1960s, and gave up a career in academia in order to teach at Piedm...
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Brenda Bilal oral history interview 1, 2005 January 6
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Creator
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Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
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Date Created
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2005-01-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
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Description
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In part one of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal discusses her experience with open education in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal describes open education as a method that gives students the opportunity to think creatively, m...
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Gail E. Haley oral history interview 13, 2008 January 18
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Creator
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Haley, Gail E.
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Date Created
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2008-01-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Acrylic painting, Chapbooks, Children's literature, Folk literature, Illustrations
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Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career in the 1990s. In this thirteenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley recalls her work on Dream Peddler (1993). Ms. Haley describes h...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2006-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing--Sociological aspects
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Motorsports photographer T. Taylor Warren reflects in this second interview on the culture of NASCAR during the 1950s-1980s and on how the stock car industry has changed through the time of the interview in 2006. He begins by discussing the Nation...