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Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
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Creator
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Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
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Date Created
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1999-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...
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Linda Bellamy oral history interview, 2005 October 25
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Creator
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Bellamy, Linda, 1952-
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Date Created
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2005-10-25
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Subjects--Topical
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Open plan schools, Teachers, Multiculturalism
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Linda Bellamy talks about her career at Irwin Elementary and her work in developing the English as a second language (ESL) program in the school. Ms. Bellamy reflects on the challenges she faced in developing this program and in teaching ESL stude...
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Marty Johnson Saunders oral history interview 1, 2006 November 28
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Creator
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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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Description
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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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Beverly Moore oral history interview, 2005 May 27
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Creator
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Moore, Beverly, 1947-
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Date Created
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2005-05-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Special education, Exceptional children, Teachers
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Description
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Beverly Moore discusses her experience with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed children, and her connection with the open school program in Charlotte. While Ms. Moore began her career in the Columbia, South Carolina school district, she eventu...
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Martha O'Neill oral history interview, 2005 August 12
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Creator
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O'Neill, Martha, 1956-
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Date Created
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2005-08-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Drama in education, Arts in education, Musicals, School field trips, Sex instruction, Teachers
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Description
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Martha O'Neill shares her experiences as a drama teacher at Piedmont Open Middle School in Charlotte. She describes the characteristics of open education as it was understood and practiced within the school, including a focus on the whole child, a...
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Carolyn P. Powell oral history interview, 2004 December 2
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Creator
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Powell, Carolyn P.
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Date Created
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2004-12-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teachers, School management and organization, Student activities, Multiculturalism, Education--Experimental methods
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Description
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Carolyn Powell discusses her experiences as both a teacher and administrator at Piedmont Open Middle School. Ms. Powell began her tenure at Piedmont as a teacher in 1978, and held the position of assistant principal from 1994 to 2004. Ms. Powell d...
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Daniel Ford Faris oral history interview, 2005 June 22
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Creator
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Faris, Daniel Ford, 1944-
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Date Created
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2005-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Teachers, Language arts (Middle school), Teaching teams, Grading and marking (Students), School discipline--Evaluation, Student-centered learning, Active learning, Mixed ability grouping in education
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Description
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Teacher Daniel Ford Faris describes the open education learning environment at Piedmont Open Middle School between 1977 and 1997. He discusses his methods of teaching students and compares his teaching methods during his time at Spaugh Middle Scho...
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Vermelle Ely, Price Davis, and John Funches oral history interview, 2004 June 29
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Creator
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Ely, Vermelle Diamond
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Date Created
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2004-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, Segregation in education, School integration, Students--Social life and customs, Teachers, Race relations, Blacks--Race identity, Urban renewal--Social aspects, Police brutality
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Description
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Vermelle Ely, Price Davis, and John Funches all attended Second Ward High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and are all members of the Second Ward High School Alumni Foundation located on Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte. In this interview, Ms. ...
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Freddie and Christine Sanders oral history interview, 2005 February 1
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Creator
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Sanders, Freddie, 1931-
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Date Created
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2005-02-01
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Busing for school integration, Student activities, Students--Social life and customs
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Freddie and Christine Sanders reflect on what it was like to be students at the all-black Second Ward High School in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood during segregation in the 1940s and early 1950s. They describe school dances, football game...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 2, 2005 February 3
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Creator
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2005-02-03
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Race relations, Racism in education, School discipline
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Daisy Spears Stroud describes her life and experiences as an educator in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Stroud's teaching career spanned the transition from racially segregated to integrated education, and she describes working...
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Jack Claiborne oral history interview 2, 2012 March 28
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Creator
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Claiborne, Jack
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Date Created
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2012-03-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Students, Teachers
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In this interview, Jack Claiborne, long-time reporter and editor with The Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares his recollections of Bonnie Cone, Charlotte College'...
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Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 7, 1987 December 8
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Creator
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Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
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Date Created
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1987-12-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Teachers, Universities and colleges
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In this second of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Ed Perzel (former Chair of the Department of History and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte), Bonnie Cone reflects on her childhood, youth, and ear...
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Sarah Alexander oral history interview, 2000 February 3
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Creator
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Alexander, Sarah Land, 1913-
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Date Created
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2000-02-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Teachers, Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton growing, Tenant farmers, Dairy farms, Barns, Dairy barns--Design and construction, Dairy barns, Farm equipment, Education
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Sarah Land Alexander Sr. and her daughter, Sarah Land Alexander Jr., talk about their lives and the history of the Alexander family farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Alexander Sr. describes how she met her husband, William Tasse 'Bill' Alexa...
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Irene Elizabeth Hunt oral history interview, 2004 February 13
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Creator
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Hunt, Irene Elizabeth Stephens, 1910-2008
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Date Created
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2004-02-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, Education, Rural, Teachers, Students, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation
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Irene Elizabeth Hunt describes her early life growing up in Gaffney, South Carolina during the early twentieth century and the great importance of education to her family. Topics include helping to educate her siblings; memories of one of her favo...
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Naomi White-Hewitt oral history interview, 2002 November 1
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Creator
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White-Hewitt, Naomi
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Date Created
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2002-11-01
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African Americans--Segregation, Busing for school integration, Land use, Rural, Race relations, Race discrimination, Racism, Family farms, Camp meetings, Teachers, Deeds, Water--Pollution
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Naomi White-Hewitt discusses her family's history in Catawba County, North Carolina and her experiences as an African American woman living in a primarily white, rural community. Mrs. White-Hewitt talks about camp meetings, race relations in the a...
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Gethsemane Enrichment Program image 41
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1980, 1990
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, After-school programs, Teachers, Students, Basketball
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Description
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Note from description: "Afterschool program, funds from the city."
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Gethsemane Enrichment Program image 33
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1980, 1990
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, After-school programs, Teachers, Students, Basketball
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Note from description: "Afterschool program, funds from the city."