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Ann Williams and Jim Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ann, 1940-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantations, Historical reenactments, History--Research, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslavement
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Description
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Ann and Jim Williams talk about their shared experiences as historical researchers, reenactors, and authors of local history books related to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Major themes of their discussion include slavery and the lives of ens...
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Ann Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ann, 1940-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Relations with slaves, Plantations, Letters, Slavery, Hand weaving, Agricultural laborers, History--Research, Enslavement
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Description
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Ann Williams reflects on her path to becoming an antebellum historian. She describes how the growth of her interest, research, and immersion in her subject led to her publishing multiple books. [All times approximate] [0:00:45] Introduction to his...
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt oral history interview, 1993 June 1
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Creator
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Heafner, Anna Lou, 1920-2011
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Date Created
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1993-06-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Country life
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Description
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt describe their experiences playing basketball in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (now part of Charlotte) during the 1930s. They talk about how many of the girls w...
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Anne Batten oral history interview, 1993 July 26
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Creator
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Batten, Anne, 1914-2006
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Date Created
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1993-07-26
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Subjects--Topical
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City and town life, High school teaching, History--Study and teaching, History--Societies, etc., School integration
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Description
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Anne Batten discusses growing up in the Dilworth community in Charlotte, North Carolina, her career as a teacher, and the role she played in historic preservation in Mecklenburg County. Subjects include teaching English, French, and history in rur...
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Baxter Wilson oral history interview, 1993 March 9
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Creator
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Wilson, Baxter, 1917-2002
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Date Created
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1993-03-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball coaches, Basketball stories, Gymnasiums
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Description
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Baxter Wilson discusses playing basketball at Berryhill High School and in youth leagues in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1930s. He talks about the director of the YMCA, Carl Link, who organized youth basketball leagues in Charlotte and dro...
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Beaumert Whitton oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Whitton, Beaumert, 1910-1990
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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World War, Boy Scouts, Scouting, Camping, Youth--Social life and customs
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Description
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Beaumert Whitton recounts the history of the Boy Scouts in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Topics discussed include the founding of the city's first three troops, a short chronology of Mecklenburg County's Boy Scout...
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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
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Creator
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Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
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Date Created
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2002-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...
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Bobby Jones oral history interview, 1993 March 8
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Creator
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Jones, Bobby, 1951-
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Date Created
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1993-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Coaching, Professional sports, Sports--Religious aspects--Christianity, Sportsmanship, Christian life, Basketball players--Professional ethics, College sports, College athletes, Basketball fans
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Bobby Jones, a former professional player in the NBA, discusses how his faith in Christanity is directly tied to his basketball career. Topics discussed include how his early career in basketball developed his moral and spiritual values and how hi...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 1, 2005 December 14
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2005-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training
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Carol Newman, longtime administrator with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) system discusses her involvement with the city's open school program between 1974 and the 1990s. Mrs. Newman describes her early interest in open education, whi...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 2, 2006 February 23
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2006-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training, Magnet schools, Federal aid to education, School integration
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In this second interview, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) administrator Carol Newman continues to discuss the successes and challenges of the city's open schools program, but also focuses on the emergence and significance of magnet school...
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Catherine Graham McElroy oral history interview, 1996 June 6
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Creator
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McElroy, Catherine Graham, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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1996-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Evangelicism, Evangelists, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Family farms, Farm life
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Catherine Graham McElroy, Billy Graham's sister, discusses their childhood in the 1920-1930s and Billy Graham's early years as a minister and evangelist. The Graham kids grew up on a farm on Park Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, which had corn, ...
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Cedric Thomas oral history interview, 1993 March 12
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Creator
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Thomas, Cedric
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Date Created
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1993-03-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball, Youth league basketball, Sportsmanship, Basketball for children, Swimming, Problem youth, Problem youth--Services for, Values--Religious aspects--Christianity
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Cedric Thomas shares his experiences as the executive program director at the McCrorey YMCA in Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in 1990. He discusses how the YMCA implements Christian principles into their programs, provides activities for its ...
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Charles McCullough oral history interview, 1993 August 30
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Creator
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McCullough, Charles, 1932 or 1933-2017
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Date Created
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1993-08-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School sports, Track and field, Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, School integration, Basketball for girls, Basketball for women
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Charles McCullough discusses his experiences playing high school and college sports, and his career as athletics coach at West Charlotte High School beginning in the 1960s. He attended West Charlotte High School as well as coaching there as an adu...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 1, 1997 October 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1997-10-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, De facto school segregation, Magnet schools, Race relations, School districts--Planning, School enrollment, School integration, School management and organization, Segregation in education, Trials, litigation, etc.
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In this 1997 interview, Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts the school system's history of desegregation in light of the filing of Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools earlier that yea...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1998-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...
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Earl Stafford oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Stafford, Earl, 1915-1982
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Voluntarism, City and town life
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Earl Stafford recounts memories of Charlotte, North Carolina after moving to Mecklenburg County in 1943. He discusses North Carolina's flood of 1916 and how it destroyed many communities in western North Carolina. Other topics include change in do...
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Ed Williams oral history interview, 2019 March 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ed, 1942-
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Volunteers
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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...
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Edwin Black oral history interview, 2004 March 26
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Creator
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Black, Edwin, 1924-
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Date Created
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2004-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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War, Warships, Warships--Accidents, Military hospitals, Popular music radio stations, Veterans, Veterans--Medical care, Radio, Radio, Military
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Edwin Black discusses his time on the USS Rich during the invasion of Normandy and his life after World War II. Mr. Black joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 when he was eighteen as a radio technician with his cousin. The USS Rich was a convoy ship that ...
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Elizabeth Sadler oral history interview, 2004 April 24
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Creator
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Sadler, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Houston), 1917-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American churches, Community organization, Farm life, Country life, Manners and customs
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Description
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Elizabeth Sadler recounts her early life growing up on her family's farm in the small, rural section of northwestern Mecklenburg County known as Shuffletown during the 1920s-1940s. She shares memories of her mother cooking Sunday dinner and long d...
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Elizabeth Samuel Weinstein oral history interview 1, 2004 April 8
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Creator
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Weinstein, Elizabeth Samuel, 1935-
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Date Created
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2004-04-08
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American neighborhoods, African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation, Parents' and teachers' associations, Parent-teacher relationships, Rural schools
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In this first interview, Elizabeth Weinstein recounts her childhood growing up in Derita (now a neighborhood in Charlotte) North Carolina and attending Rockwell Rosenwald School during the 1940s. Topics discussed include her family's background; h...