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Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
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Creator
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Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
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Date Created
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1999-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Description
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Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...
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Ellen M. Little oral history interview, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Little, Ellen M.
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christianity, Christian life, Amusements, Evangelicalism, Presbyterian Church, Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity, Race relations
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Description
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Ellen Little discusses her experience of attending a Billy Graham crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1972 and the impact it had on her spiritual development. A teenager at the time of the revival, Ms. Little describes the points of Dr. Graham...
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Emma Reid Echols oral history interview, 1996 April 3
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Creator
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Echols, Emma Reid
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Date Created
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1996-04-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Missionaries, Women in missionary work, Presbyterian Church, Aztecs
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Description
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In this brief interview, Emma Reid Echols reads excerpts from stories she has written about her experiences with Billy Graham and his family. She recounts a visit in Charlotte with Morrow Graham, Billy Graham's mother, with whom she shared the det...
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Jeffrey L. Nance oral history interview, 1997 September 30
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Creator
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Nance, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lane), 1956-
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Date Created
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1997-09-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Segregation in education, Race relations, Educational equalization, Busing for school integration, Busing for school integration--Public opinion, Race riots
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Description
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Computer programmer Jeffrey Nance, a native of the Charlotte region, discusses his experiences attending Garinger High School during school integration in the early 1970s. Mr. Nance was finishing the eighth grade when the Supreme Court determined ...
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John Edgar "Ed" Sockwell oral history interview, 1993 May 4
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Creator
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Sockwell, Ed, 1940-2006
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Date Created
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1993-05-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Youth league basketball, Youth league basketball--Coaching, Basketball for children, African American athletes, Nonprofit organizations--Management, College sports
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Description
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Ed Sockwell, a former college basketball player and parent, discusses the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and recreational youth basketball in Charlotte. The Charlotte Sonics, a recreational basketball team formed by Mr. Sockwell and two friends, beg...
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John Hancock oral history interview, 1997 November 25
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Creator
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Hancock, John, 1955-
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Date Created
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1997-11-25
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Racism, School violence
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Description
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John Hancock recounts his experiences as a high school student during the first years of integration of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Mr. Hancock attended Garinger High School from 1970 to 1973 and explains that while most of the studen...
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Karen Wimberly oral history interview, 1993 October 15
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Creator
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Wimberley, Karen
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Date Created
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1993-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball fans, School sports--Coaching, Basketball for girls--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Sex discrimination in sports
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Karen Wimberly describes her career coaching the girls basketball team at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Mrs. Wimberly talks about witnessing the Bandys girls basketball team participate in the district championship when she was yo...
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Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
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Creator
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Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
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Date Created
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1999-07-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
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Description
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Mary Lou and James "Jim" Babb recount their family's experiences attending West Charlotte High School during the height of school busing for integration in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Topics discussed include t...