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Ellie Perzel oral history interview 1, 2023 March 8
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Creator
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Perzel, Ellie
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Date Created
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2023-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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French language--Study and teaching, School integration, Radio broadcasting, Radio stations, Nonprofit organizations, AIDS (Disease)
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Ellie Perzel discusses her experiences working in the Charlotte area as a French and Spanish teacher, a news reporter at Charlotte's NPR station WFAE Radio, and a grant writer for the Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium. Topics discussed include the...
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Timothy Gibbs oral history interview, 2021 August 16
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Creator
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Gibbs, Timothy D.
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Date Created
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2021-08-16
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning, School integration, Busing for school integration
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In this interview Timothy Gibbs describes in great detail his life from high school to attending UNC Charlotte from 1978 to 1983. [All Times Approximate]. His decision to attend the University of North Carolina Charlotte after graduating from West...
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Phaedra Holley oral history interview, 2021 July 20
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Creator
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Holley, Phaedra Berry
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Date Created
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2021-07-20
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, School integration
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In this interview, Phaedra Holley discusses her time as a student at UNC Charlotte and her life after graduating. [all times approximate]. Growing up in Kinston, North Carolina and attending a private school until high school when local schools in...
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Wayne Johnson oral history interview, 2019 January 14
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Creator
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Johnson, Wayne, 1953-
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Date Created
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2019-01-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, School integration, African American families, Mentoring, Rosenwald schools
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Wayne Johnson, Charlotte realtor and longtime Grier Heights resident, discusses his deep family roots in Grier Heights, an historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Johnson describes how his maternal great grandfathe...
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Steve Crump oral history interview, 2018 December 14
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Creator
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Crump, Steve
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Date Created
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2018-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Slave trade, African American jockeys, African American radio broadcasters
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Steve Crump recounts his life as a television reporter and documentary filmmaker from the 1980s into the 2010s. He describes his second career as a director of television documentaries, primarily about the African-American experience. Many of thes...
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James B. Lee oral history interview 2, 2018 May 29
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Date Created
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2018-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, Gentrification--Government policy, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
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In this second interview, community historian James Bradley Lee III continues to recall his personal experiences of growing up in Grier Heights, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his concerns about the effe...
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James B. Lee oral history interview 1, 2018 May 22
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Creator
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Lee, James B. (James Bradley), III
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Date Created
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2018-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American neighborhoods, Gentrification--Government policy, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
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Description
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Grier Heights is a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina that is experiencing rapid gentrification. James Bradley Lee, community historian and organizer, recalls his personal experiences in the Grier Heights neighborh...
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David Ruch oral history interview, 2017 November 20
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Creator
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Ruch, David (Life coach)
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Date Created
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2017-11-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling, Personal coaching, Homelessness, Church, Community development, School integration, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods
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David Ruch served as a board adviser for the Optimist Park Community Association in 2017. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, Mr. Ruch details his experience in integrated public schools, his move to Charlotte in the early 2000s, and how his faith and ...
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Gwendolyn Burris oral history interview, 2016 March 16
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Creator
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Burris, Gwendolyn, 1954-
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Date Created
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2016-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Gentrification, Segregation in education, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Gwendolyn Burris is a Charlotte native who moved to the Optimist Park community in 1987. She shares her memories of growing up in downtown Charlotte and details some of the challenges her family faced, including school integration in the early 197...
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Nadine Ford oral history interview 1, 2015 November 15
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Creator
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Ford, Elaine N. (Elaine Nadine)
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Date Created
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2015-11-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, School integration, Urban gardening, Gentrification
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Nadine Ford, who has had a career in waste management, is a native Charlottean who was raised in the Druid Hills neighborhood during the civil rights era. She describes her schooling experience during desegregation busing, and the transformation o...
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George Little oral history interview, 2015 November 11
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Little, George, 1992-
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Date Created
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2015-11-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility, Race relations
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George Little shares his experiences growing up in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, where his parents built their home with Habitat for Humanity. Having lived in the neighborhood for twenty-three years, he discusses bei...
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Mazella McDowell oral history interview, 2015 October 31
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McDowell, Mazella, 1950-
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Date Created
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2015-10-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, Cities and towns--Growth, School integration
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Mazella McDowell describes her childhood in Huntersville, North Carolina and her move to Charlotte when she was thirteen. She lived in the Belmont and Optimist Park neighborhoods where she raised her children. She details her experience building h...
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James L. Atkinson oral history interview, 2015 October 22
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Creator
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Atkinson, James, 1954-
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Date Created
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2015-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
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James Atkinson discusses his life and his family's long term involvement with the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, including his role as an adviser to the Optimist Park Community Association. He describes the challenges of ...
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Mary Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Heath, Mary, 1953-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
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Mary Heath, a Charlotte native, describes her life and experiences as a longtime resident of Optimist Park. Mrs. Heath discusses growing up in the Hickory Grove area of Charlotte and how desegregation impacted her education. She describes how she ...
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Sandy Hoagland Jr. oral history interview, 2015 September 2
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Creator
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Hoagland Jr., Sandy
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Date Created
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2015-09-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, School integration, Urban renewal, Public housing, African American families
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Sandy Hoagland Jr. discusses his life growing up in Steele Creek and in Charlotte's First Ward during the 1960s and 1970s. [All times approximate] [00:00] Mr. Hoagland describes his family's history, his early childhood growing up in the...
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C. Morgan Edwards oral history interview 2, 2015 April 12
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Edwards, C. Morgan (Calvin Morgan), 1938-
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Date Created
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2015-04-12
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African American neighborhoods, Transportation, Business enterprises, Black, Segregation, School integration, Urban renewal, African American photographers
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Mr. C. Morgan Edwards discusses his life and upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born and raised in the community and currently a resident, he recalls how during his youth the community was a mixed incom...
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John L. Holloway oral history interview, 2007 August 27
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Holloway, John L., 1925-
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Date Created
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2007-08-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Race relations, School integration, Marching bands, Music--Instruction and study, Jazz musicians, Jazz--Instruction and study
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John L. Holloway recounts his almost forty years as a high school band director and jazz musician in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Holloway describes moving from Durham, North Carolina to Charlotte in 1950 after completing his education to teach ...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
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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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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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Marty Johnson Saunders oral history interview 1, 2006 November 28
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Saunders, Margaret Johnson, 1933-
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Date Created
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2006-11-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Middle class African Americans, Segregation in education, School integration, Racism in education, Race relations, Urban renewal, Social values, Teachers
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Charlotte native Marty Saunders talks about her life, family, and career as a teacher. She recounts growing up in the Biddleville neighborhood, and how her family emphasized the importance of education. Mrs. Saunders describes attending West Charl...
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Nettie House oral history interview, 2006 October 24
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House, Nettie S., 1924-
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Date Created
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2006-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Textile workers, Depressions, Race relations, School integration
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Charlotte native Nettie House describes her life growing up in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood, her experiences during World War II, and her married life in Charlotte during the postwar period. Her father came to Charlotte from Union County to wo...