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Title: Banita Brown oral history interview, 2006 December 2
Creator: Brown, Banita W. (Banita White), 1960-
Date Created: 2006-12-02
Subjects--Topical: College teachers, Education, Women scientists, African American scientists, Science--Social aspects, Social integration, Race relations
Description: In her interview, Dr. Banita Brown, an associate chemistry professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, reflects on her upbringing, education, and career. Dr. Brown recollects her formative years and early education in Rock Hill, So...

Title: Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
Creator: Brown, Calvin L. (Calvin Lee), 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American lawyers, Discrimination in public accommodations, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal, African American churches, African American neighborhoods
Description: Calvin Brown shares his memories of living in Charlotte, North Carolina during a time when segregation was being challenged by civil rights groups. He moved to Charlotte in 1961 after completing law school, and discusses representing clients, part...

Title: Carol Newman oral history interview 1, 2005 December 14
Creator: Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
Date Created: 2005-12-14
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training
Description: Carol Newman, longtime administrator with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system discusses her involvement with the city's open school program between 1974 and the 1990s. Mrs. Newman describes her early interest in open education, whi...

Title: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 2, 2009 September 3
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-09-03
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobiles--Parts
Description: In this second of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens continues to discuss his career as a mechanic and parts distributor in stock car racing from the 1960s into the 1990s. Mr. Owens describes the operations of the Holman-Moody racing team. His ...

Title: Clara Carson oral history interview, 2002 September 27
Creator: Carson, Clara T.
Date Created: 2002-09-27
Subjects--Topical: Day care centers, Early childhood education, Camp meetings, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, Country life, Family farms
Description: Clara Carson discusses her day care business, the Catawba Child Development Academy in Catawba, North Carolina. She talks about the origins of the academy, which first opened in Smyre's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church then moved to a new building ten ye...

Title: Donald G. Bryant oral history interview, 2004 March 24
Creator: Bryant, Don, 1923-2013
Date Created: 2004-03-24
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Segregation, Political and social views, Political participation, City councils, City council members, Cities and towns--Growth, City managers
Description: Donald G. Bryant discusses his role as the only dissenting voice on the Charlotte City Council (1961-1965) in opposition to Charlotte's urban redevelopment plan. He agreed with the other city council members that poverty and poor living conditions...

Title: Dorothy B. Dae oral history interview, 2004 October 11
Creator: Dae, Dorothy, 1951-
Date Created: 2004-10-11
Subjects--Topical: African American college students, African American student movements, Cheerleading, Civil rights, College integration, College sports, School integration, Student unions, Universities and colleges--Social aspects
Description: Dorothy Dae recounts her experiences as one of a small group of African American students that attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. She discusses the struggle the students had with the St...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 13, 2008 January 18
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2008-01-18
Subjects--Topical: Acrylic painting, Chapbooks, Children's literature, Folk literature, Illustrations
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career in the 1990s. In this thirteenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley recalls her work on Dream Peddler (1993). Ms. Haley describes h...

Title: Girvaud Justice oral history interview 2, 2006 August 11
Creator: Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
Date Created: 2006-08-11
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Gentrification, City planning--Citizen participation, Drug traffic--Social aspects, Public housing
Description: 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. Board ...

Title: Girvaud Justice oral history interview 3, 2006 August 25
Creator: Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
Date Created: 2006-08-25
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, Gentrification, City planning, Community development corporations, Community development, Urban, Citizens' associations
Description: 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...

Title: Harry W. Suddreth oral history interview, 2003 July 16
Creator: Suddreth, Harry W. (Harry Wilson), 1941-
Date Created: 2003-07-16
Subjects--Topical: Family farms, Land use, Rural, Nurseries (Horticulture), Greenhouses, Ornamental trees, Animals, Feral cats, Urbanization
Description: Harry W. Suddreth recounts moving to Mount Holly, North Carolina in the 1960s, and what he likes about living in the community. Topics discussed include urbanization in the surrounding area, owning and running his businesses, Low Meadow Greenhouse...

Title: James Cuthbertson Jr. oral history interview, 2004 July 28
Creator: Cuthbertson, James, 1950-
Date Created: 2004-07-28
Subjects--Topical: African American college students, African American student movements, Civil rights, College integration, Race relations, Racism, School integration, Student unions, Universities and colleges--Social aspects, Greek letter societies, African American Greek letter societies
Description: James Cuthbertson recounts his experiences as one of the few African American students attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. As a member of the Black Student Union, he discusses how the s...

Title: James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester oral history interview, 2003 August 7
Creator: Forrester, James S. (James Summers), 1937-2011
Date Created: 2003-08-07
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Animals, Pollution, Local history, Medicine, Rural, Nature, Rural development
Description: James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester recount their lives in Stanley, North Carolina, where they first moved so Dr. Forrester could work as a physician through a rural doctor program. Topics discussed include their appreciation for the land, ...

Title: Jeffrey Leak oral history interview, 2004 April 5
Creator: Leak, Jeffrey B., 1968-
Date Created: 2004-04-05
Subjects--Topical: Interracial friendship, Middle class African Americans, Race relations, School integration, Social integration, Urban renewal, Gentrification, Affirmative action programs, Civil rights movements, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: UNC Charlotte professor Jeffrey Leak discusses his family's history in the Charlotte, North Carolina region and recounts his experiences growing up in West Charlotte and attending recently integrated schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school sys...

Title: John Thrower oral history interview, 2004 September 4
Creator: Thrower, John Hampton, 1928-2013
Date Created: 2004-09-04
Subjects--Topical: Urban redevelopment, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City planning, City council members, Urban renewal, African Americans--Segregation, Eminent domain
Description: John Thrower discusses his experiences serving two terms on the Charlotte City Council in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and 1970s. He describes poor living conditions in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina (also kno...

Title: Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 2, 2007 April 7
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created: 2007-04-07
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Family-owned business enterprises, Funeral homes, Urban renewal, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Kelly Alexander Jr., son of former NAACP president Kelly Alexander Sr., recounts fond memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses notable businesses, banks, churches, an...

Title: Leonard Simmons oral history interview, 2003 June 24
Creator: Simmons, Leonard, 1946-2012
Date Created: 2003-06-24
Subjects--Topical: Bluegrass music, Old-time music, Music facilities, Country music--Social aspects, Outdoor recreation, Land use, Rural, Public lands--Management, Hunters--Attitudes, Family farms, Gold mines and mining, Gold panning, Country life
Description: Leonard Simmons discusses his role as owner and manager of the True Bluegrass Music Hall in Eleazer, a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He talks about how the music hall was started in 1988 as a place for local residents to congregate on...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 10, 2010 July 6
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-07-06
Subjects--Topical: Students--Social life and customs, Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Greek letter societies, College fraternity members
Description: In this final of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon discusses his involvement with student organizations and fraternities at UNC Charlotte. In particular, Dr. Witherspoon focuses on the Chr...

Title: Manuel Zapata oral history interview, 2002 August 29
Creator: Zapata, Manuel, 1940-
Date Created: 2002-08-29
Subjects--Topical: Emigration and immigration, Immigrants, Latin Americans, Latin Americans--Ethnic identity, Civilization--European influences, Cities and towns--Growth, Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects, Latin Americans--Religion, Latin Americans--Social life and customs
Description: Manuel Zapata shares stories from his life after migrating from Santiago, Chile to Gastonia, North Carolina in 1967. Mr. Zapata, an anti-Communist, left Chile to get away from the strengthening Communist Party, and describes how different life was...

Title: Mickey Gilmore and Lynn Gilmore oral history interview, 2003 July 3
Creator: Gilmore, Tommy M. (Tommy Michael)
Date Created: 2003-07-03
Subjects--Topical: Historic buildings, Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Coyote, Hunting, Endemic plants, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Natural areas, Trapping, Snakes
Description: Tommy Michael "Mickey" Gilmore and Lynn Gilmore discuss their home in Stanley, North Carolina and their relationship with the land and environment. The Gilmores describe their historic home, which was built by William Rankin in the late 1700s. The...

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