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Title: Carrie Graves oral history interview, 2005 April 20
Creator: Graves, Carrie, 1936-
Date Created: 2005-04-20
Subjects--Topical: Classroom environment, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Racism, Education, Home economics--Study and teaching, School discipline
Description: Carrie Graves describes her experience growing up in Cherry, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her education at the segregated Morgan Elementary School and Second Ward High School during the 1940s thro...

Title: Geraldine T. Powe oral history interview, 2005 March 20
Creator: Powe, Geraldine T. (Geraldine Torrence), 1922-2012
Date Created: 2005-03-20
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, African American schools, African American school children, School discipline, Corporal punishment of children, School integration, Race discrimination, Public welfare, Voluntarism, Values--Religious aspects--Christianity
Description: Geraldine Powe discusses her education in segregated schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. She talks about positive relationships between parents and teachers; living briefly in New York City as a student; school discipline, including paddling in ...