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Barbara Campbell oral history interview, 1998 November 13
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Creator
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Campbell, Barbara, 1943-
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Date Created
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1998-11-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Girls' schools, Race relations, Racism, Foreign study, Political and social views, Managed care plans (Medical care), Abortion--Public opinion, Mass media--Influence, Recycling industry
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Longtime Charlotte resident Barbara Campbell discusses her life, career, and opinion on current political issues at the time of the interview. She talks about growing up in Long Island, New York, and attending an all girls' boarding school in Rhod...
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Benjamin F. Wyant Jr. oral history interview, 1994 November 2
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Creator
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Wyant, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Frank), Jr., 1920-1998
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Date Created
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1994-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Employment, Industrial relations, Political and social views, Political parties, Segregation
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Description
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Benjamin F. Wyant, Jr. recounts his memories of growing up in the Charlotte neighborhood of Dilworth and of his forty-three year career at Duke Power Company. In particular, he recalls working as a boy at his father's family business during the ch...
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Julius L. Chambers oral history interview, 1997 October 24
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Creator
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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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Description
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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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Leon Lowder oral history interview, 1999 March 6
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Creator
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Lowder, Leon, 1906-
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Date Created
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1999-03-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Cotton growing, Country life, Farm life, Farm management, Farm management--Economic aspects, Family farms, Race relations, Political and social views
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Description
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Leon Lowder recounts his life, family, and work in retail and farming in central South Carolina from the 1930s-1980s. Mr. Lowder describes being the seventh out of eleven children in a farming family and leaving home in 1926 to work in the grocery...