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Title: Carson H. Beckwith oral history interview, 2006 December 1
Creator: Beckwith, Carson H. (Carson Hezekiah), 1909-2009
Date Created: 2006-12-01
Subjects--Topical: Beauty operators, Civil rights, Beauty culture--Study and teaching, Beauty culture, Beauty shops, African American businesspeople
Description: In this interview, Carson Beckwith recounts his life and career as a cosmetologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Beckwith discusses his upbringing in rural Craven County, North Carolina, his experiences while attending school at the North Caro...

Title: Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
Creator: Jones, Charles, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City and town life, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal
Description: Charles Jones shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He describes the sense of community pride in Brooklyn's residents and their close-knit relationships, differences between Charl...

Title: Colvin Morgan Edwards oral history interview 1, 2007 March 15
Creator: Edwards, Colvin Morgan, 1938-
Date Created: 2007-03-15
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports--Social aspects, Race relations, Urban renewal, Amusements
Description: Colvin Morgan Edwards shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. While Mr. Edwards did not live in Brooklyn, he discusses his time spent there attending school and visiting friends. He...

Title: Dianne Wyche oral history interview, 2007 April 28
Creator: Wyche, F. Dianne (Fannye Dianne), 1945-
Date Created: 2007-04-28
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American physicians, Race relations, Urban renewal, Youth--Societies and clubs, African Americans--Housing, Medical care, African American families, Middle class African Americans
Description: Dianne Wyche shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina also known as Second Ward. She recalls her father Dr. Rudolph Wyche and his medical practice in Brooklyn, including the types of surgeries he would perform,...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 2004, 2006
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 2006-12-10
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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 ...

Title: John Murphy oral history interview, 2007 April 15
Creator: Murphy, John Matthew, Jr., 1935-2012
Date Created: 2007-04-15
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Teachers, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dentistry, Community organization, Urban renewal
Description: John Murphy shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and his career as a dentist in Charlotte. He describes his experience attending school in Brooklyn, including the importance of r...

Title: Marty Johnson Saunders oral history interview 1, 2006 November 28
Creator: Saunders, Margaret Johnson, 1933-
Date Created: 2006-11-28
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, Middle class African Americans, Segregation in education, School integration, Racism in education, Race relations, Urban renewal, Social values, Teachers
Description: 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...

Title: Marty Johnson Saunders oral history interview 2, 2006 December 7
Creator: Saunders, Margaret Johnson, 1933-
Date Created: 2006-12-07
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Middle class African Americans, Segregation in education, Race relations, Urban renewal, Social values
Description: Charlotte native and teacher Marty Saunders continues the conversation about her life and the Biddleville neighborhood where she grew up in this second interview. She explains that during the 1940s-1950s, Biddleville had a strong sense of communit...

Title: Miriam Bates oral history interview, 2006 November 18
Creator: Bates, Miriam, 1926-
Date Created: 2006-11-18
Subjects--Topical: Segregation, Segregation in education, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, African American Greek letter societies, Presbyterian Church, Education, Urban renewal
Description: Miriam Bates recounts her life growing up in Charlotte, her college experience at Hampton University in Virginia, and her return to Charlotte in 1978. Mrs. Bates recalls growing up in the Biddleville neighborhood in Charlotte, where she lived thro...

Title: Rosena H. Gaines oral history interview, 2004 March 25
Creator: Gaines, Rosena, 1918-2013
Date Created: 2004-03-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Education, African American educators, Segregation in education, Group identity, High school students--Societies and clubs, Urban renewal--Social aspects
Description: Rosena H. Gaines describes her early life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood, and her experiences as both a student and a teacher at Second Ward High School. As a student at Second Ward, Mrs. Gaines recalls an active and involved student bo...

Title: Walter Dial oral history interview, 2004 May 12
Creator: Dial, Walter, 1931-
Date Created: 2004-05-12
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Segregation in education, Racism, Race relations, Student activities, Manners and customs
Description: Walter Dial reminisces about his childhood and youth growing up in Charlotte's Third Ward and attending local segregated schools in the 1930s and 1940s, including Isabella Wyche Elementary and Second Ward High School. Mr. Dial describes the white ...