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Title: Cindy McKenzie and Robert Suydam oral history interview, 2019 March 25
Creator: McKenzie, Cindy H.
Date Created: 2019-03-25
Subjects--Topical: Community gardens, Farm produce, Volunteers, Pollution, Compost
Description: Cindy McKenzie and Robert Suydam, leaders of the Avondale Community Giving Garden on the campus of the Avondale Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, discuss the history of the garden and its relation to other local social justice orga...

Title: Ed Williams oral history interview, 2019 March 29
Creator: Williams, Ed, 1942-
Subjects--Topical: Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Volunteers
Description: Ed Williams, former editor of the editorial pages at The Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses his association with the Myers Park Baptist Church community garden. As a long time member of the church Mr. Williams co-founded th...

Title: Lucy Bush Carter oral history interview, 2019 March 6
Creator: Carter, Lucy Bush
Date Created: 2019-03-6
Subjects--Topical: Food relief, Food security, Community gardens, Urban agriculture, Volunteers
Description: In this interview, Lucy Bush Carter, the Executive Director of Friendship Trays in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses the history of the organization, its evolution, and partnerships with other organizations over time. She describes how Friendsh...

Title: Nadine Ford oral history interview 2, 2019 April 18
Creator: Ford, Elaine N. (Elaine Nadine)
Date Created: 2019-04-18
Subjects--Topical: Food security, Racism, Gentrification, Community gardens, Sexism
Description: Nadine Ford grew up in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Her love for growing things began in her early childhood when she lived on a farm and learned gardening from her parents and grandparents. This love for gardening tr...

Title: Pauline Cox oral history interview, 2002 January 23
Creator: Cox, Pauline L.
Date Created: 2002-01-23
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, African Americans--Segregation, Community gardens, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving
Description: Pauline Cox describes growing up on a farm in rural Anson County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past thirty-two years, and gardening at the Wilmore Community Garden. Ms. Cox describes chores s...

Title: Rebecca Byrd oral history interview, 2019 March 20
Creator: Byrd, Rebecca M.
Date Created: 2019-03-20
Subjects--Topical: College students, Community gardens, Gardening, Food security
Description: History master's student Rebecca Byrd discusses her involvement with the Student Community Garden at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Ms. Byrd discusses topics including student leadership, community gardening, a...