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Title: Arthur Wallace Sr. oral history interview, 2004 March 18
Creator: Wallace, Arthur, 1916-
Date Created: 2004-03-18
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Amusements, Urban renewal
Description: Arthur Wallace Sr. shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He focuses on his experiences attending Friendship Baptist Missionary Church, which he joined in 1933, including church le...

Title: Arthur Williams oral history interview, 2007 March 30
Creator: Williams, Arthur, 1931-
Date Created: 2007-03-30
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American families, African American schools, Barbershops, Urban renewal, Amusements
Description: Arthur Williams shares his memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses residents and small businesses in Brooklyn, including his uncle's barbershop, N.G. Edwards Barber,...

Title: Barbara Davis Crawford oral history interview, 2004 March 27
Creator: Crawford, Barbara Davis, 1943-
Date Created: 2004-03-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention, African Americans--Education, School sports--Social aspects, African American schools, Teacher-student relationships, African American business enterprises, African American churches, Urban renewal
Description: Barbara Crawford shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes some of the homes that she lived in growing up, and a house fire that destroyed her family's possess...

Title: Bettye Golden Holloway oral history interview, 2007 April 26
Creator: Holloway, Bettye Golden, 1933-
Date Created: 2007-04-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, City and town life, African Americans and libraries, Libraries, African American families, School sports--Social aspects
Description: Bettye Golden Holloway shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward, during the 1930s through 1950s in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Holloway cites the close-knit community spirit of Brooklyn as its greatest streng...

Title: Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
Creator: Jones, Charles, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City and town life, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal
Description: Charles Jones shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He describes the sense of community pride in Brooklyn's residents and their close-knit relationships, differences between Charl...

Title: Colvin Morgan Edwards oral history interview 1, 2007 March 15
Creator: Edwards, Colvin Morgan, 1938-
Date Created: 2007-03-15
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports--Social aspects, Race relations, Urban renewal, Amusements
Description: Colvin Morgan Edwards shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. While Mr. Edwards did not live in Brooklyn, he discusses his time spent there attending school and visiting friends. He...

Title: George A. Wallace oral history interview, 2004 March 24
Creator: Wallace, George A. (George Alexander), 1943-
Date Created: 2004-03-24
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American families, Manners and customs, City and town life, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing, Urban renewal
Description: George Wallace discusses his life in the Grier Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and his connection to the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Wallace talks about his deep roots in Grier Heights, inc...

Title: James K. Polk oral history interview 3, 2007 March 21
Creator: Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1926-2010
Date Created: 2007-03-21
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, Funeral homes, City and town life, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Urban renewal
Description: James Polk recounts fond memories of living in the Grier Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina and visiting the nearby Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward, with a focus on local businesses. He discusses working for his unc...

Title: James Yancey and Ozener Yancey oral history interview, 2004 March 23
Creator: Yancey, James A., 1932-
Date Created: 2004-03-23
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports, Urban renewal
Description: James and Ozener Yancey share their experiences in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Yancey discusses his career as a juvenile probation officer and social worker. He describes the urban renewal...

Title: John A. McCarroll oral history interview, 2004 March 17
Creator: McCarroll, John A. (John Arthur), 1918-2010
Date Created: 2004-03-17
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, Funeral homes, African American business enterprises, African American families, Segregation in education, Urban renewal, African Americans--Housing
Description: John McCarroll shares his memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and his long career working for Grier Funeral Service. Mr. McCarroll describes moving to Charlotte from South Caroli...

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: Vermelle Diamond Ely, Price Davis, Wright Hunter, Calvin Davis, and Naomi Davis oral history interview, 2004 March 25
Creator: Ely, Vermelle Diamond
Date Created: 2004-03-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Education, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African American churches, Manners and customs, Amusements, City and town life, Urban renewal, School sports--Social aspects
Description: In this group interview, Vermelle Diamond Ely, Price Davis, Wright Hunter, Calvin Davis, and Naomi Davis share their memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. The interviewees discuss Second War...

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