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Title: Emery Wister oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Wister, Emery, 1914-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Journalism, Commercial, Journalism and motion pictures, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Reporters and reporting, Urban renewal--Social aspects
Description: Emery Wister, a journalist and editor at the Charlotte News, recounts his life and experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes growing up on the edge of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and discusses local race relations and the r...

Title: Marshall I. Pickens oral history interview 2, 1979 March 23
Creator: Pickens, Marshall I. (Marshall Ivey), 1904-1991
Date Created: 1979-03-23
Subjects--Topical: Endowments, Community foundations, Charities--Management, Methodist Church
Description: Marshall I. Pickens recounts his fifty-year tenure working for the Duke Endowment fund in Charlotte, North Carolina. He explains the endowment’s purpose and lists some of the local institutions it has supported over the years, including local coll...

Title: R. Powell Majors oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Majors, R. Powell, 1906-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Children's choirs, Boys' choirs, Choral conductors, Civic leaders
Description: Former Charlotte Rotary Club president R. Powell Majors recounts his experience as one of the founding patrons for the Rotary-sponsored Charlotte Boys Choir. He discusses the history of the choir, as well as the administrative, support, and operat...

Title: Rosa Lee Coleman oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Coleman, Rosa Lee, 1909-1993
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: African American household employees, African Americans--Segregation, Household employees, Race discrimination, Race relations, Segregation in transportation
Description: Rosa Lee Coleman recounts her early life in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as well as her employment as a domestic service worker. As an African American, Mrs. Coleman discusses the complicated dynamics of her relationship with her white female emp...