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Arthur Goodman Jr. oral history interview, 1990 April 22
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Creator
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Goodman, Arthur, Jr., 1926-2003
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Date Created
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1990-04-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish religious education of young people, Passover--Customs and practices, Political participation, Jews--Political activity, Zionism
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Longtime Charlotte resident Arthur Goodman Jr. recalls his memories of life as a member of the city's Jewish community during the twentieth century. He reminisces about family Passover traditions, Jewish education, and the positive impact his rabb...
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Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
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Creator
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Brown, Calvin L. (Calvin Lee), 1935-
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Date Created
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2007-04-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American lawyers, Discrimination in public accommodations, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal, African American churches, African American neighborhoods
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Calvin Brown shares his memories of living in Charlotte, North Carolina during a time when segregation was being challenged by civil rights groups. He moved to Charlotte in 1961 after completing law school, and discusses representing clients, part...
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Charles Jones oral history interview 1, 2005 May 18
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2005-05-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights--Religious aspects, Racism, Segregation, Nonviolence
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J. Charles Jones--civil rights activist, Freedom Rider, and founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)--recounts his early life growing up in the Carolinas and his involvement in the civil rights movement. A native of ...
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Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2007-04-25
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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...
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Connie Vetter oral history interview, 2018 July 24
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Creator
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Vetter, Connie J. (Connie June)
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Date Created
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2018-07-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation, Gay activists, Gay community, Lesbians--Societies and clubs, Lesbians
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Connie Vetter arrived in Charlotte in 1993 as a young graduate from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. In this interview, Ms. Vetter shares her experiences in Charlotte as a young lesbian in pursuit of law work and female community. ...
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Ed Farthing oral history interview 2021 February 17
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Creator
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Farthing, Ed, 1947-2022
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Date Created
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2021-02-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay pride week, Gay pride celebrations, LGBTQ+ visibility, Transgender community, LGBTQ+ people of color
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WARNING: This interview contains homophobic language beginning at [00:04:02] and ending at [00:04:23]. Mr. Ed Farthing discusses his experiences with and involvement in LGBTQ+ pride events and organizations as an openly gay man in the 1990s in Cha...
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Ellen T. Ruff oral history interview 1, Date 2018 April 18
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Creator
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Ruff, Ellen T. (Ellen Tarte)
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Date Created
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2018-04-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Stuttering, Public schools, Law schools, Women executives, Women lawyers
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In this first of two interviews, Ellen T. Ruff, successful lawyer and Charlotte Duke Energy executive, discusses her earliest childhood memories of her life in rural Connecticut and what she knows about her family's history. Ms. Ruff goes int...
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Ellen T. Ruff oral history interview 2, Date 2018, April 20
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Creator
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Ruff, Ellen, T.
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Date Created
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2018-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Job hunting, Contracts, Legal assistance to the poor, Nuclear power plants, Trade regulation, Women executives, Women lawyers
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In this second of two interviews, Ellen T. Ruff, successful lawyer and Charlotte Duke Energy executive, discusses how she met her husband in law school at UNC Chapel Hill, their relationship, and his background before they met. She also talks abou...
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Emil Kratt oral history interview, 2012 March 22
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Creator
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Kratt, Emil Failing, 1935-
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Date Created
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2012-03-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Deacons, Baptists, Leadership--Philosophy, Women college presidents
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In this interview, Emil Kratt, long-time attorney, Charlotte resident, and member of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone. He recalls their shared service on the Board of Deacons of Myers Park ...
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Humphrey Cummings oral history interview, 2004 December 14
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Creator
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Cummings, Humphrey
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Date Created
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2004-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, Student movements, African American college students--Political activity, School integration, African American neighborhoods, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Charlotte attorney Humphrey Cummings shares his memories of his time as an African American student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. As one out of a class of around thirty blac...
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James E. Ferguson II oral history interview, 2001 November 28
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Ferguson, James E. (James Elliott), 1942-
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Date Created
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2001-11-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African American lawyers, Trials, litigation, etc., Racism, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
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James Ferguson, a partner at the first integrated law firm in North Carolina, recounts his life's work fighting for civil rights in the state. His involvement with social justice began when he was still in high school, where he helped found the As...
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Jesh Humphrey oral history interview, 2020 April 23
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Creator
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Humphrey, Jesh, 1979-
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Date Created
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2020-04-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, College students, School shootings
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James "Jesh" Humphrey, Vice Chancellor of Institutional Integrity and General Counsel at UNC Charlotte, discusses the events of April 30th 2019 and his role in aiding the University's emergency management response and later communication and ...
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Jesh Humphrey oral history interview, 2020 April 23
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Creator
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Humphrey, Jesh, 1979-
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Date Created
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2020-04-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Freedom of Information Act (United States)
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James "Jesh" Humphrey, Vice Chancellor of Institutional Integrity and General Counsel at UNC Charlotte, discusses the events of April 30th 2019 and his role in aiding the University's emergency management response and later communication and ...
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John Lafferty oral history interview, 2004 October 11
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Lafferty, John, 1947-
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Date Created
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2004-10-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Track and field, College sports, Segregation, Student government, Courts, African American college students--Political activity, Race relations, Universities and colleges--Social aspects
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John Lafferty recounts his experience attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the late 1960s. A founding member of UNC Charlotte's track and field team, he discusses the team's creation, the camaraderie between the teammates, an...
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr. oral history interview 2, 2004 May 12
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Taylor, Johnny C., 1968-
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Date Created
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2004-05-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Lawyers, African Americans--Social conditions, Race discrimination, Voluntarism, African American business enterprises
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr. recounts his education and his career as a corporate lawyer. He speaks about discrimination in corporate America he has faced as an African American, and how he has handled it. He also discusses his volunteer work giving back ...
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Julius L. Chambers oral history interview, 1997 October 24
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1997-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc., School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Civil rights, Political and social views
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Charlotte attorney Julius L. Chambers, who represented the plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, talks at length about the integration of schools in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County during the late 196...
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Leslie J. Winner oral history interview, 2013 February 4
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Creator
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Winner, Leslie J.
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Date Created
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2013-02-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Doctor of philosophy degree, Urban universities and colleges
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Leslie Winner, Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and former North Carolina State Senator, talks about her association with Chancellor James H. Woodward during her tenure in the North Carolina Senate from 1993-1998. She notes h...
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Marta Garelik oral history interview, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Garelik, Marta, 1902-1996
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Antisemitism, National socialism, Jewish diaspora, Women lawyers
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Marta Garelik describes her experiences as a young Jewish attorney in Vienna, Austria after the close of the First World War, her immigration to Belfast, Ireland just prior to the takeover of Austria by the Nazi Party, and her struggle to move fam...
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Milton Short oral history interview, 2004 March 22
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Short, Milton, 1919-2011
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Date Created
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2004-03-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, Eminent domain, Political participation, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods, African American business enterprises
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H. Milton Short, Jr. recounts his six terms serving on Charlotte city council (1965-1979) in Charlotte, North Carolina and his involvement with the urban renewal program. He characterizes Charlotte's redevelopment program as very popular among Cha...
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Paul E. Hemphill oral history interview, 2021 January 7
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Creator
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Hemphill, Paul E. (Paul Edward)
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Date Created
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2021-01-07
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education
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WARNING: This interview contains discussion of a racial slur being used beginning at 25:06 and ending at 25:26. Paul Hemphill, an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte discusses his time as a student from 1968-1971. [All times a...