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Charles Jones oral history interview 1, 2005 May 18
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2005-05-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights--Religious aspects, Racism, Segregation, Nonviolence
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Description
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J. Charles Jones--civil rights activist, Freedom Rider, and founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)--recounts his early life growing up in the Carolinas and his involvement in the civil rights movement. A native of ...
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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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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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1996-01-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...
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Price Davis oral history interview 2, 2004 March 19
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Creator
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Davis, Price, 1920-
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Date Created
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2004-03-19
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Segregation, Segregation in education, African Americans--Civil rights, Police brutality, African American police, Race discrimination
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Description
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Price Davis discusses his memories of living in the Cherry neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina and visiting the nearby Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward. He shares fond memories of Brooklyn, including attending Second Ward Hig...
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William Samuel Dunlap oral history interview, 2006 December 1
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Creator
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Dunlap, William Samuel, 1940-
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Date Created
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2006-12-01
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, High school athletes, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal
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William Samuel Dunlap, commonly known as Sam, recounts his life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood, focusing on his success as a student-athlete at J.H. Gunn High School and his time as a student at Carver College. Mr. Dunlap describes joining n...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2006-12-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts her experience growing up in the Biddleville community in the 1950s, including being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her four days at ...
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Dan L. Morrill oral history interview 5, 2012 March 6
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Creator
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Morrill, Dan L.
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Date Created
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2012-03-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, Universities and colleges--Faculty, College students, Public universities and colleges--Administration, African Americans--Civil rights
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In this interview, Dr. Dan Morrill, long-time history professor and marshall at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Consulting Director of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, describes how he came to work at ...
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Harvey Murphy oral history interview, 2012 August 15
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Creator
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Murphy, Harvey Frank, 1930-
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Date Created
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2012-08-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, College sports, African Americans--Civil rights, African American college athletes, Kinesiology--Study and teaching, Universities and colleges--Faculty
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In this interview, Dr. Harvey Murphy, long-time faculty member and athletic director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his career at the university. He begins by recalling his first impressions of the fledgling campus in ...
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J. Kenneth Sanford oral history interview, 2012 April 17
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Creator
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Sanford, J. Kenneth
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Date Created
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2012-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Public relations, African Americans--Civil rights, Feminism
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In this interview, J. Kenneth (Ken) Sanford, long-time Director of Public Information and Publications at UNC Charlotte, shares his perspective of the process of Charlotte College becoming the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, first as an...
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Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 9, 2010 June 29
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Creator
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Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
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Date Created
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2010-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Public universities and colleges--Planning, African Americans--Civil rights, College students--Religious life, Public universities and colleges--Libraries
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In this sixth of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon discusses faculty governance at UNC Charlotte and how it changed from when he began employment with the university in 1964 through the ea...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Creator
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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Date Created
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1958-05-23, 1960-09-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Meetings, Speeches, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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Includes three signed letters from Martin Luther King Jr. regarding travel to Charlotte. Digitized content does not reflect all contents of the "Martin Luther King, Jr." paper file.
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Kelly Alexander addressing Stanley County Branch, N.C. NAACP
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Date Created
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1970-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Meetings, Speeches, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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Caption: "Kelly M. Alexander addressing Stanley County Branch NAACP June 1970 honoring retired president Cicero Blair."
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Meeting at Park Center, Charlotte, regarding school integration
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Date Created
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1957
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Segregation in education, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights
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Description
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Kelly Alexander (podium), Mr. and Mrs. Huntley (left of podium) and Mr. and Mrs. Counts (right, seated)
