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Title: Price Davis oral history interview 3, 2006 November 18
Creator: Davis, Price, 1920-
Date Created: 2006-11-18
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Education, African Americans--Social conditions, Police brutality, Segregation, Segregation in education
Description: Price Davis recounts his early life in segregated Charlotte, North Carolina. He shares his memories of living in the predominantly white township of Providence in Mecklenburg County as well as his experiences of growing up in Cherry, one of Charlo...

Title: William Frank Bonham oral history interview, 2006 November 16
Creator: Bonham, William Frank, 1927-
Date Created: 2006-11-16
Subjects--Topical: African American business enterprises, African Americans--Segregation, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal--Social aspects
Description: William Frank Bonham discusses his life growing up in segregated Charlotte and his significant contributions to the community, in particular his involvement in the local branch of the NAACP and his career as one of the first black telegram deliver...

Title: William Samuel Dunlap oral history interview, 2006 December 1
Creator: Dunlap, William Samuel, 1940-
Date Created: 2006-12-01
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, High school athletes, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal
Description: William Samuel Dunlap, commonly known as Sam, recounts his life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood, focusing on his success as a student-athlete at J.H. Gunn High School and his time as a student at Carver College. Mr. Dunlap describes joining n...