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Title: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
Creator: Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
Date Created: 2002-04-02
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
Description: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...

Title: Charlotte poverty areas cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1968-03-06
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Poverty, Police-community relations, Cities and towns--Politics and government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government; Poverty; Community relations

Title: Ernest Presley, Charlotte police officer
Creator: Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
Date Created: 1947
Subjects--Topical: Police, Men
Description: Portrait of Charlotte policeman Ernest Presley in uniform. The emblem on his hat has the number 40 with a picture of a man and woman above the number. There is an unidentified patch on the sleeve of his left arm.

Title: It's totaled!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1979-11-20
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Police misconduct, Police, Police vehicles, Traffic accidents, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Municipal government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County police; Police car accidents; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: James L. Ross oral history interview 3, 2005 March 22
Creator: Ross, James L., 1934-
Date Created: 2005-03-22
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, Race discrimination, Discrimination in employment, Race relations, Community organization, Group relations training, Civil rights movements
Description: 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...

Title: Mugged?
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1968-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Municipal budgets, Cities and towns--Politics and government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte City Police Department; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government; Chief John Ingersoll

Title: Police Captain L.V. Hinkle at his desk
Creator: Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
Date Created: 1949
Subjects--Topical: Police, Men
Description: Police Captain L.V. Hinkle sits in uniform at his desk holding a pen in his right hand.

Title: Police officer C.L. Cordell and thermometer
Creator: Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
Date Created: 1949-07
Subjects--Topical: Police, Thermometers, Summer
Description: Police officer C.L. Cordell stands next to an outdoor thermometer affixed to the front of a brick building. He is wiping the right side of his face with a cloth held in his left hand while his right hand holds a pen pointing to 109 on the thermome...

Title: Price Davis oral history interview 2, 2004 March 19
Creator: Davis, Price, 1920-
Date Created: 2004-03-19
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, Segregation, Segregation in education, African Americans--Civil rights, Police brutality, African American police, Race discrimination
Description: Price Davis discusses his memories of living in the Cherry neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina and visiting the nearby Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward. He shares fond memories of Brooklyn, including attending Second Ward Hig...