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Title
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Allegra Westbrooks oral history interview, 2007 March 12
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Creator
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Westbrooks, Allegra M. (Allegra Marea), 1921-
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Date Created
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2007-03-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African Americans and libraries, Public libraries, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Race relations
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Description
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Allegra Westbrooks recounts her thirty-six year career as head of library services at the segregated Brevard Street Library, located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and later in the Charlotte-M...
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Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
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Creator
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Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
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Date Created
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2007-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans and libraries, Civil rights movements, Racism, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
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Description
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Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses he...