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Title: Andrew P. Haywood oral history interview 3, 1997 November 4
Creator: Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006
Date Created: 1997-11-04
Subjects--Topical: High schools--Administration, High school principals, School integration, Race relations in school management, Teacher-student relationships
Description: Dr. Andrew "Sam" Haywood discusses his role as principal of Independence and West Charlotte High Schools and as chairman of county high school principals during the turbulent years of desegregation. He describes the benefits of desegregation and r...

Title: Emma Reid Echols oral history interview, 1996 April 3
Creator: Echols, Emma Reid
Date Created: 1996-04-03
Subjects--Topical: Christian life, Missionaries, Women in missionary work, Presbyterian Church, Aztecs
Description: In this brief interview, Emma Reid Echols reads excerpts from stories she has written about her experiences with Billy Graham and his family. She recounts a visit in Charlotte with Morrow Graham, Billy Graham's mother, with whom she shared the det...

Title: John Edgar "Ed" Sockwell oral history interview, 1993 May 4
Creator: Sockwell, Ed, 1940-2006
Date Created: 1993-05-04
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Youth league basketball, Youth league basketball--Coaching, Basketball for children, African American athletes, Nonprofit organizations--Management, College sports
Description: Ed Sockwell, a former college basketball player and parent, discusses the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and recreational youth basketball in Charlotte. The Charlotte Sonics, a recreational basketball team formed by Mr. Sockwell and two friends, beg...

Title: Karen Wimberly oral history interview, 1993 October 15
Creator: Wimberley, Karen
Date Created: 1993-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball fans, School sports--Coaching, Basketball for girls--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Sex discrimination in sports
Description: Karen Wimberly describes her career coaching the girls basketball team at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Mrs. Wimberly talks about witnessing the Bandys girls basketball team participate in the district championship when she was yo...