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I've grown accustomed to his face...
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1967-08-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Segregation, Elections, U.S. states--Politics and government
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Topics include: Mississippi politics and government; Mississippi elections; Segregationists
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John Lafferty oral history interview, 2004 October 11
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Creator
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Lafferty, John, 1947-
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Date Created
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2004-10-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Track and field, College sports, Segregation, Student government, Courts, African American college students--Political activity, Race relations, Universities and colleges--Social aspects
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Description
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John Lafferty recounts his experience attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the late 1960s. A founding member of UNC Charlotte's track and field team, he discusses the team's creation, the camaraderie between the teammates, an...
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Benjamin Chavis Jr. oral history interview, 2005 February 7
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Creator
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Chavis, Ben, 1948-
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Date Created
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2005-02-07
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, African American college students--Political activity, African American student movements, Chemistry, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, College integration, Race relations, Racism, Segregation, Student movements
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Dr. Benjamin Chavis recounts his involvement in the black student movement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when he was one of a small but politically active cohort of African...
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Diana Travis oral history interview, 2017 February 27
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Creator
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Travis, Diana, 1947-
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Date Created
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2017-02-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Discrimination, Feminism, Gay community, Gay pride parades, LGBTQ+ culture, Homophobia, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Segregation
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Diana Travis discusses her life and activism as a lesbian living in Boston, Massachusetts and Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her formative years in Charlotte, where her father, Gus Travis, was a popular columnist for the Charlotte Observ...
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Robert L. Barret oral history interview 1, 2014 October 1
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Creator
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Barret, Robert L.
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Date Created
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2014-10-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Race discrimination, Homophobia, Segregation, Civil rights, Gay men, AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
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In this first of three interviews, Dr. Robert L. Barret, professor emeritus in counseling at UNC Charlotte, practicing psychotherapist, and LGBTQ activist, discusses his life and career changes that led up to his involvement as an advocate for LGB...
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Mary Vaughn oral history interview, 2006 November 18
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Creator
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Vaughn, Mary, 1938-
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Date Created
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2006-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Drug use, Gentrification, Race discrimination, Segregation, Urban renewal, Working poor
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Mary Vaughn describes her experiences growing up in the segregated Charlotte neighborhood of Brooklyn and shares her opinions on social issues at the time of interview. She recalls the poor quality of the homes in her neighborhood and how her fami...
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Vernard Thompson oral history interview, 2006 December 2
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Creator
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Thompson, Vernard, 1948-
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Date Created
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2006-12-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Racism, Police-community relations, Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American soldiers--Social conditions, Sports--Social aspects, Urban renewal
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Description
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Vernard Thompson recounts his early life growing up in Charlotte's Third Ward neighborhood and life in the city's African American community during segregation. He discusses his childhood, his experiences attending segregated schools dur...
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Gerson L. Stroud oral history interview, 2001 June 20
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Creator
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Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006
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Date Created
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2001-06-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Segregation, African Americans--Education, School integration, Busing for school integration, African American school principals, Public school--Administration, African American soldiers--Social conditions
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Description
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Gerson L. Stroud recounts his experiences as a lifelong resident of Charlotte as well as his thirty-one year career with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system where, as principal of West Charlotte High School, he oversaw that school's racial int...
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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2006-12-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African American families, Segregation, Segregation in education, Race relations, Corporal punishment of children, Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations
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In the first of three interviews, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her early life in the Third Ward and Brookhill neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her family and neighborhood, and her experiences attending the seg...
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Ernest Henderson oral history interview, 2004 March 9
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Creator
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Henderson, Ernest, Sr., 1917-2011
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Date Created
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2004-03-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Family farms, Farm life, Molasses, African American schools, Segregation in education, Segregation, Military education, Air pilots, Military, African American air pilots, Flight training, Armed Forces, War
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Ernest Henderson talks about his experiences as an African American growing up in Mountville, South Carolina during the 1920s and later serving in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor during World War II. Mr. Henderson describes attending hig...
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Sidney Freeman oral history interview 1, 2003 May 21
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Creator
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Freeman, Sidney L.
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Date Created
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2003-05-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Education--Political aspects, Trials, litigation, etc., Equality, Race relations, Racism, College teachers, Unitarian churches--Clergy
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Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Freeman, the longtime minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte (UUCC), recounts his involvement in the city's civil rights movement. Originally from Wisconsin, Dr. Freeman moved to Charlotte in 1957 to take the...
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Thereasea Delerine Elder oral history interview 2, 2001 May 9
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Elder, Thereasea D. Clark (Thereasea Delerine Clark), 1927-2021
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Date Created
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2001-05-09
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Subjects--Topical
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African American nurses, Public health nursing, Health and race, Discrimination in medical care, Household employees, Housing, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation, School integration
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Thereasea Elder recounts her and her family's experiences living in Charlotte throughout the twentieth century, as well as her forty-five years as a nurse. Growing up in a segregated Charlotte, she describes life in the close-knit African American...
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Price Davis oral history interview 3, 2006 November 18
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Creator
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Davis, Price, 1920-
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Date Created
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2006-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Education, African Americans--Social conditions, Police brutality, Segregation, Segregation in education
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Price Davis recounts his early life in segregated Charlotte, North Carolina. He shares his memories of living in the predominantly white township of Providence in Mecklenburg County as well as his experiences of growing up in Cherry, one of Charlo...
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Price Davis oral history interview 2, 2004 March 19
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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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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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Jack Claiborne oral history interview 1, 2003 June 5
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Creator
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Claiborne, Jack
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Date Created
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2003-06-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Editorials, Sports journalism, Newspapers, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Segregation, Race discrimination, Race relations
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Jack Claiborne, former editor at the Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), reflects on his life, work, and the city of Charlotte. Mr. Claiborne talks about his ...
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Mary Lou Clarke oral history interview, 2001 May 11
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Clarke, Mary Lou, 1932-2006
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Date Created
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2001-05-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Segregation, Civil rights movements, Race relations, Boycotts, Health promotion, AIDS activists, Medical assistants, Nurses' aides
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Mary Clarke, Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP president (1986-1990), describes her experiences working for the NAACP from the 1950s to the 1990s, with attention given to her early role as a fundraiser and her later work as chapter president. Ms. Clarke...
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Donald G. Bryant oral history interview, 2004 March 24
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Creator
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Bryant, Don, 1923-2013
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Date Created
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2004-03-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Segregation, Political and social views, Political participation, City councils, City council members, Cities and towns--Growth, City managers
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Donald G. Bryant discusses his role as the only dissenting voice on the Charlotte City Council (1961-1965) in opposition to Charlotte's urban redevelopment plan. He agreed with the other city council members that poverty and poor living conditions...
