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Title: Jessie Cherry oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Cherry, Jessie, 1915-
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Family farms, African American families
Description: Jessie Cherry shares details of her family life living and working on a farm before moving to Charlotte in the late 1930s. She discusses her first time trying to slaughter a chicken, her mother's garden, and variety stores in downtown Charlotte du...

Title: Katie Grier oral history interview, 2001 October 27
Creator: Grier, Katie, 1925-2010
Date Created: 2001-10-27
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, African American families, Country life, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Depressions, Canning and preserving, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination, School integration, Family farms, Domestic animals
Description: Katie Grier shares information about growing up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina for over thirty years, and her involvement with gardening throughout her life. She describes her...

Title: Marie V. Hicks oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Hicks, Marie V. (Marie Vandolah), 1902-1992
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Manners and customs, Women in war
Description: Marie V. Hicks shares tales from her life growing up on her family's farm in Kansas near Hutchinson and the various locations she lived in as an adult. Topics discussed include self-taught craft skills, activities of the community church, and the ...