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Benjamin F. Wyant Jr. oral history interview, 1994 November 2
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Creator
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Wyant, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Frank), Jr., 1920-1998
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Date Created
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1994-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Employment, Industrial relations, Political and social views, Political parties, Segregation
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Description
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Benjamin F. Wyant, Jr. recounts his memories of growing up in the Charlotte neighborhood of Dilworth and of his forty-three year career at Duke Power Company. In particular, he recalls working as a boy at his father's family business during the ch...
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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 1, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Manners and customs, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Presbyterian Church, Church history
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Description
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Bobbie Earnhardt discusses her memories of Billy Graham, whom she met when he was about nine years old, and the Graham family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Earnhardt recalls attending Chalmers Memorial ARP Church alongside the Graham family, ...
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Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 22, 1993 July 19
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Creator
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Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
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Date Created
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1993-07-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Women in mathematics, Women college administrators, Public universities and colleges, Universities and colleges--Administration, College presidents, Junior colleges
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Description
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A woman with a life-long commitment to education, Bonnie Cone discusses her many roles as teacher, college administrator, and mentor. She discusses her youth in South Carolina and the educators who influenced her in both her hometown and during he...
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Catherine Graham McElroy oral history interview, 1996 June 6
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Creator
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McElroy, Catherine Graham, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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1996-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Evangelicism, Evangelists, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Family farms, Farm life
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Description
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Catherine Graham McElroy, Billy Graham's sister, discusses their childhood in the 1920-1930s and Billy Graham's early years as a minister and evangelist. The Graham kids grew up on a farm on Park Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, which had corn, ...
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Celia Scher oral history interview, 1994 March 6
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Creator
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Scher, Celia, 1929-1994
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Date Created
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1994-03-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Identity, Jewish religious education of young people, Judaism--Customs and practices, Fasts and feasts--Judaism, Antisemitism
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Description
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Celia Scher discusses her memories of life in New York City, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959 to provide a better quality of life for her young family, and her role in educating the community about the Holocaust. She talks about joini...
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Dan Davis oral history interview, 1993 November 10
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Creator
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Davis, Dan S. (Daniel Shaw), 1905-2000
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Date Created
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1993-10-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women, Basketball stories, Transportation
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Description
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Dan Davis describes playing and coaching basketball in and around Union County, North Carolina. After his graduation from UNC Chapel Hill in 1928, he came back to Union County to teach and coach men's and women's basketball, as well as baseball. H...
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Elisabeth G. Hair oral history interview, 1993 June 25
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Creator
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Hair, Elisabeth G. (Elisabeth Green), 1920-2014
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Date Created
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1993-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Women--Political activity, Women--Politics and government, Community colleges, Local government, Civil service
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Description
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Elisabeth "Liz" Hair, the first woman to be elected to the Mecklenburg County Commission, recounts her life and involvement in Charlotte-Mecklenburg's government and Democratic Party. Having grown up in a prominent political family involved w...
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Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 1, 1993 June 16
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Creator
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Randolph, Elizabeth S.
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Date Created
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1993-06-16
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Racism in education, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Manners and customs, Depressions
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Description
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In this first interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph describes growing up during the 1920s and 1930s in a family that emphasized education which inspired her dedication as an educator throughout her life in such ...
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Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 2, 1993 July 13
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Creator
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Randolph, Elizabeth S.
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Date Created
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1993-07-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social life and customs, African Americans--Education, Segregation in education, Manners and customs, Depressions
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Description
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In this second interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph continues to discuss the importance of education to her family and within the African American community. She recalls her experiences attending high school in...
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Eloise W. Rushforth oral history interview, 1996 July 10
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Creator
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Rushforth, Eloise W., 1916-2017
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Date Created
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1996-07-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Middle class families, Family vacations, City and town life, Evangelicalism, Presbyterian Church, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Religion, Revivals
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Description
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Eloise Rushforth recounts her family's close relationship with their neighbors, the Grahams and the Blacks, and her memories of Billy Graham as a boy and later as a budding evangelist in Charlotte, North Carolina. She recalls joint family vacation...
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Evelyn Grindstaff oral history interview, 1999 February 22
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Creator
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Grindstaff, Evelyn, 1922-
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Date Created
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1999-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Work environment, Textile workers, Dyslexia, Functional literacy
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Description
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Evelyn Grindstaff recounts her life and forty-five years working in textile mills in Gastonia, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her experiences working at the Groves Mills beginning at the age of fifteen, her husband's World War II service...
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Gladys Lavitan oral history interview 2, 1993 July 1
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Creator
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Lavitan, Gladys, 1916-2014
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Date Created
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1993-07-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Acting, Community theater, Depressions, Radio broadcasting, Radio Talk Shows, Reform Judaism, Theater and society, Jews--Social conditions
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Description
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Gladys Lavitan recounts her life and her sixty-three year acting career in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes growing up in Charlotte during the Depression, the city's reaction to the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and how the...
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Jane Kuykendall oral history interview, 1992 November 23
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Creator
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Kuykendall, Jane Bradley, 1913-2002
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Date Created
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1992-11-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Women's colleges--Social aspects
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Description
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Jane Bradley Kuykendall describes her early experience playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Kuykendall discusses various aspects that have evolved in womens basketball including their uniforms, rules and regulations, and the commu...
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Jonnie McLeod oral history interview 1, 1993 July 6
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Creator
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McLeod, Jonnie H., 1923-2011
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Date Created
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1993-07-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Pediatricians, Women physicians, Sex instruction for youth, Drug addicts--Rehabilitation, Substance abuse--Treatment, AIDS (Disease)
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In this interview, Dr. Jonnie McLeod discusses her forty-year long career as a physician and as a central figure in Charlotte's medical community. She discusses the role her gender has played in her education and career, including the sexism ...
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Julia Perryman oral history interview, 1997 September 26
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Perryman, Julia Royals, 1926-2009
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Date Created
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1997-09-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Families--Economic aspects, Families--Social life and customs, Nursing, Poliomyelitis
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Julia Perryman recalls her experience growing up in Thomasville, North Carolina in the 1930s and 1940s. She discusses the difficult financial hardships that her family endured after her father was left paralyzed following an illness and could no l...
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Kathlee Hicks oral history interview, 1993 October 24
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Creator
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Hicks, Kathlee Cox, 1917-2002
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Date Created
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1993-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, High school student activities, Swimming--Training
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Native Charlottean Kathlee Hicks discusses her time as a basketball player and drum majorette for Central High School in the 1930s. She describes the uniforms she wore in both activities and discusses how gender conventions of the day shaped their...
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Kneever “Joe” Morrow, Sr. oral history interview, 1993 June 15
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Creator
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Morrow, Kneever, Sr., 1922-1999
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Date Created
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1993-06-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundry workers, Foundry workers--Labor unions, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts, Ironwork, Piecework, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Land use, Urban--Social aspects, Work environment
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Kneever Morrow worked at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry for approximately thirty-two years, and he recounts the various jobs he held with the company. Mr. Morrow explains how he received his nickname, "Joe," while working at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry...
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Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
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Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
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Date Created
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circa 1990-1999
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Elections, Mills and mill-work, Political parties, Women legislators, Women--Political activity, Women political candidates
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Louise Brennan recounts her early life growing up in Concord, North Carolina. She discusses the important role of education in her upbringing and the prevalence of textile mills in the Concord area. She describes living near a mill village in Conc...
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Maggie Massey Freeman oral history interview, 1996 June 4
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Creator
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Freeman, Maggie Massey, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1996-06-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Sharecropping, Segregation, Segregation in education, Christian life, Christianity, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Revivals, African Americans--Civil rights, Nursing, Political planning--Citizen participation, Race relations
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Maggie Freeman discusses her life in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her childhood as a sharecropper's daughter on the farmland of William Franklin Graham Sr., father of Reverend Billy Graham. She addresses family life and children's leisure activi...
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Marianne Lieberman oral history interview, 1993 June 29
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Creator
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Lieberman, Marianne, 1927-
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Date Created
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1993-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Identity, Artists, Women artists, Clothing trade, Art, Mexican, Lithography, Painting, Feminism, Abortion--Law and legislation
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Marianne Lieberman recounts her childhood in German-occupied Austria as the daughter of a Jewish father and Catholic mother. She describes how her loss of identity under those conditions caused her to question authority and to seek ways to express...