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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2006-12-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African American families, Segregation, Segregation in education, Race relations, Corporal punishment of children, Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations
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In the first of three interviews, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her early life in the Third Ward and Brookhill neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her family and neighborhood, and her experiences attending the seg...
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Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
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Creator
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Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
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Date Created
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2001-05-10
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
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Description
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Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...
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Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
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Creator
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Baxter, Andy
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Date Created
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1999-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
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Description
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Andy Baxter talks about his experiences as a student at West Charlotte High School, where he was student council president in his senior year. Mr. Baxter reflects on his experiences with racial integration at the school, speaking at length about t...
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Barbara Campbell oral history interview, 1998 November 13
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Creator
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Campbell, Barbara, 1943-
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Date Created
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1998-11-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Girls' schools, Race relations, Racism, Foreign study, Political and social views, Managed care plans (Medical care), Abortion--Public opinion, Mass media--Influence, Recycling industry
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Description
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Longtime Charlotte resident Barbara Campbell discusses her life, career, and opinion on current political issues at the time of the interview. She talks about growing up in Long Island, New York, and attending an all girls' boarding school in Rhod...
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Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
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Creator
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Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
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Date Created
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1999-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Description
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Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...
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Brett Gilbert oral history interview, 2006 October 26
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Creator
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Gilbert, Brett, 1941-
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Date Created
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2006-10-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Country life, Social values, Soldiers, Civil rights movements
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Description
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Brett Gilbert recounts his life and experiences in Lincoln County and in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up on a dairy farm in rural Lincoln County, Mr. Gilbert explains how most people were poor farmers and that with the exception of atomic bo...
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C. Vanessa Baxter oral history interview, 2004 December 21
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Creator
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Baxter, C. Vanessa, 1954-2007
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Date Created
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2004-12-21
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Subjects--Topical
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African American students, Discrimination in education, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Race relations, School violence, Foreign study
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Description
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Vanessa Baxter describes her experiences as a student in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools from 1959 through the early 1970s, focusing in particular on the impact of integration. Ms. Baxter describes attending an all-black elementary school, then movi...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 2, 1996 September 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1996-09-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Busing for school integration, Magnet schools, Civil rights, Discrimination in education, Families--Education, Race relations
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Description
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent and longtime employee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, discusses his life and work as an educator. After reflecting on his early experiences as the son of a textile mill superintendent in ...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 2, 2005 February 3
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Creator
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2005-02-03
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Race relations, Racism in education, School discipline
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Description
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Daisy Spears Stroud describes her life and experiences as an educator in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Stroud's teaching career spanned the transition from racially segregated to integrated education, and she describes working...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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...
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Elizabeth Biggerstaff oral history interview, 1996 October 18
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Creator
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Biggerstaff, Elizabeth, 1922-
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Date Created
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1996-10-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Mills and mill-work, Manners and customs, Education, Rural, Women in war, Working mothers, Small business--Management, Women--Political activity, Race relations
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Rutherford County native Elizabeth Biggerstaff describes her life and how she balances work and family. She describes her early life growing up in the country outside of Cliffside, North Carolina, with two older brothers and attending local school...
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G. Jackson Burney oral history interview, 1997 September 4
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Creator
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Burney, G. Jackson, 1927-
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Date Created
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1997-09-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Radio broadcasting, Music, Voluntarism, Race relations, Poliomyelitis, People with disabilities, Discrimination in employment
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Charlottean G. Jackson Burney discusses his career in the communications industry, his family, and his volunteer work. He contracted polio at a young age and discusses throughout the interview how the disease impacted his life. Mr. Burney describe...
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Gerson L. Stroud oral history interview, 2001 June 20
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Creator
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Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006
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Date Created
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2001-06-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Segregation, African Americans--Education, School integration, Busing for school integration, African American school principals, Public school--Administration, African American soldiers--Social conditions
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Description
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Gerson L. Stroud recounts his experiences as a lifelong resident of Charlotte as well as his thirty-one year career with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system where, as principal of West Charlotte High School, he oversaw that school's racial int...
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Girvaud Justice oral history interview 4, 2006 September 22
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Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
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Date Created
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2006-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Sexism, Racism, Diversity in the workplace, Sexual harassment, Sex in the workplace, Civil service positions, Illegal aliens
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Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...
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Humphrey Cummings oral history interview, 2004 December 14
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Cummings, Humphrey
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Date Created
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2004-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, Student movements, African American college students--Political activity, School integration, African American neighborhoods, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Charlotte attorney Humphrey Cummings shares his memories of his time as an African American student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. As one out of a class of around thirty blac...
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J. David Stratton oral history interview, 2003 May 28
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Stratton, J. David (James David), 1913-2009
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Date Created
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2003-05-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Ophthalmologists, Aviation medicine, Physicians--Societies, etc., Health systems agencies, Race relations, Regionalism
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Dr. J. David Stratton, a long-practicing ophthalmologist and former president of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society (MCMS), reflects on his career and the evolution of Charlotte's medical community through the second half of the twentieth cent...
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Jack Claiborne oral history interview 1, 2003 June 5
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Claiborne, Jack
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Date Created
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2003-06-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Editorials, Sports journalism, Newspapers, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Segregation, Race discrimination, Race relations
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Jack Claiborne, former editor at the Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), reflects on his life, work, and the city of Charlotte. Mr. Claiborne talks about his ...
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James E. Ferguson II oral history interview, 2001 November 28
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Ferguson, James E. (James Elliott), 1942-
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Date Created
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2001-11-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African American lawyers, Trials, litigation, etc., Racism, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
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James Ferguson, a partner at the first integrated law firm in North Carolina, recounts his life's work fighting for civil rights in the state. His involvement with social justice began when he was still in high school, where he helped found the As...
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James L. Ross oral history interview 3, 2005 March 22
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Creator
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Ross, James L., 1934-
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Date Created
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2005-03-22
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, Race discrimination, Discrimination in employment, Race relations, Community organization, Group relations training, Civil rights movements
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James Ross, a native of Mecklenburg County, discusses his experiences with racial segregation and civil rights activism in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up in rural Grier Heights, Mr. Ross attended Billingsville Rosenwald Elementary School an...
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Jeanne Brayboy oral history interview, 1997 September 25
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Creator
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Brayboy, Jeanne, 1930-
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Date Created
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1997-09-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Music--Study and teaching (Elementary), Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Jeanne Brayboy recounts her life, career as an elementary school music teacher, and firsthand experience of Charlotte's schools before and after integration. She moved to Charlotte after college and began teaching in segregated black schools, whic...