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Title: Irene Elizabeth Hunt oral history interview, 2004 February 13
Creator: Hunt, Irene Elizabeth Stephens, 1910-2008
Date Created: 2004-02-13
Subjects--Topical: African American elementary schools, Education, Rural, Teachers, Students, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation
Description: Irene Elizabeth Hunt describes her early life growing up in Gaffney, South Carolina during the early twentieth century and the great importance of education to her family. Topics include helping to educate her siblings; memories of one of her favo...

Title: Jackie Alexander Stanley oral history interview, 2022 June 8
Creator: Stanley, Jackie Alexander
Date Created: 2022-06-08
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Education, Church history, Genealogy, African American history, Local history
Description: Jackie Alexander Stanley and her daughter, Debra Stanley Barrett, discuss her family history and her life growing up in Mecklenburg County. She shares stories about Mallard Creek and other neighborhoods around Charlotte and memories of people and ...

Title: James Gaither oral history interview, 2004 February 24
Creator: Gaither, James Israel, 1936-
Date Created: 2004-02-24
Subjects--Topical: Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, African American schools, African American families, Farm life, Education, Rural, Race relations
Description: James Gaither discusses growing up in the rural Hemphill Heights community in Charlotte, North Carolina and his education at Rockwell Rosenwald School. He recounts living in a farming household that produced their own butter and grew much of their...