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Title: Carrie Gaddy oral history interview, 2001 October 29
Creator: Gaddy, Carrie H., 1930-
Date Created: 2001-10-29
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Rural families, African American families, Family farms, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Gardening--Social aspects, Cotton, Canning and preserving, Almanacs, American
Description: Carrie Gaddy recounts growing up in rural Union County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in 1970, and gardening throughout her life. She describes life growing up with her family, attending ...

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: Daisy Shipp oral history interview, 2004 March 24
Creator: Shipp, Daisy, 1944-
Date Created: 2004-03-24
Subjects--Topical: African American business enterprises, Nurses, School integration, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Racism, Urban renewal, Racism in medicine
Description: Gastonia, North Carolina native Daisy Shipp recounts her experiences as a nurse in the Charlotte region during the 1970s when the medical field in Charlotte was beginning to integrate. She discusses the training process of becoming a nurse as well...

Title: Frances H. Leach oral history interview, 2004 April 2
Creator: Leach, Frances H., 1919-2014
Date Created: 2004-04-02
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African American churches, African American business enterprises, Amusements, Urban renewal
Description: Frances H. Leach shares her memories of Charlotte, North Carolina's African American communities. She talks about the Cherry neighborhood where she grew up during the 1930s and 1940s and the thriving African American Brooklyn community, also known...

Title: Jackie Alexander Stanley oral history interview, 2022 June 8
Creator: Stanley, Jackie Alexander
Date Created: 2022-06-08
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Education, Church history, Genealogy, African American history, Local history
Description: Jackie Alexander Stanley and her daughter, Debra Stanley Barrett, discuss her family history and her life growing up in Mecklenburg County. She shares stories about Mallard Creek and other neighborhoods around Charlotte and memories of people and ...

Title: Jewell H. Saunders oral history interview, 2002 February 2
Creator: Saunders, Jewell H. (Jewell Hill), 1916-2015
Date Created: 2000-02-02
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Rural development, Country life, Farm life, Cash crops, Subsistence farming, Animals, Mills and mill-work, Rural electrification
Description: Jewell Saunders recounts life in a farming community in the Uwharrie Forest area, located in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Ms. Saunders discusses rural development, such as access to healthcare and transportation, electrification, and the con...

Title: Viola Boyd oral history interview 1, 2004 March 9
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-09
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Racism, Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Railroads--Employees, Child labor
Description: Viola Boyd describes her life as an African American woman during segregation and the civil rights movement. Mrs. Boyd describes Matthews, North Carolina, and in particular the Crestdale neighborhood where she lived and grew up. She speaks frequen...

Title: Viola Boyd oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Racism, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, African American families, Middle class African Americans, Railroads--Employees, Country life, Beauty operators, Hairdressing of African Americans, Police-community relations
Description: In this follow-up interview, retired hairdresser Viola Boyd speaks about her life, career, and family. She begins by discussing her experiences while living in Philadelphia as a young wife at the age of 15 in the 1920s, including her search for a ...