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Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 2004, 2006
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...

Title: William Samuel Dunlap oral history interview, 2006 December 1
Creator: Dunlap, William Samuel, 1940-
Date Created: 2006-12-01
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, High school athletes, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal
Description: William Samuel Dunlap, commonly known as Sam, recounts his life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood, focusing on his success as a student-athlete at J.H. Gunn High School and his time as a student at Carver College. Mr. Dunlap describes joining n...