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Title: Oni Wilson oral history interview, 2003 February 26
Creator: Wilson, Oni, 1915-2009
Date Created: 2003-02-26
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton, Political and social views, Baseball, Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Company towns, Baptists
Description: Oni Wilson describes his childhood during the Great Depression and growing up on a cotton farm in Davidson, North Carolina. He talks about how his family lost their home in 1929 because of the fall of cotton prices, then rented a home and farmland...

Title: Price Davis oral history interview 1, 2004 May 25
Creator: Davis, Price, 1920-
Date Created: 2004-05-25
Subjects--Topical: African American schools, African American teachers, Segregation in education, Race relations, Race discrimination, Racism, Police brutality, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Civil rights movements, Political and social views
Description: Charlotte, North Carolina native Price Davis shares his experiences of growing up and living in Charlotte during segregation. Mr. Davis talks about attending Morgan School and Second Ward High School in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, and ...