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Allow me!
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1970-08-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Expenditures, Public, School integration
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Description
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Topics include: School desegregation; Richard Nixon; Southern United States; School funding
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Also concerned
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1970-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, School elections, School boards, School integration, Busing for school integration
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Description
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Topics include: School integration; School desegregation; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education; Elections
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Andrew P. Haywood oral history interview 3, 1997 November 4
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Creator
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Haywood, Andrew Perry, 1933-2006
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Date Created
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1997-11-04
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Subjects--Topical
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High schools--Administration, High school principals, School integration, Race relations in school management, Teacher-student relationships
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Description
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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...
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Anne Batten oral history interview, 1993 July 26
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Creator
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Batten, Anne, 1914-2006
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Date Created
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1993-07-26
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Subjects--Topical
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City and town life, High school teaching, History--Study and teaching, History--Societies, etc., School integration
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Description
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Anne Batten discusses growing up in the Dilworth community in Charlotte, North Carolina, her career as a teacher, and the role she played in historic preservation in Mecklenburg County. Subjects include teaching English, French, and history in rur...
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Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
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Creator
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Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
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Date Created
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1999-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
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Description
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Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...
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Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
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Creator
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Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
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Date Created
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1999-06-22
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
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Description
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Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...
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C. Morgan Edwards oral history interview 2, 2015 April 12
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Creator
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Edwards, C. Morgan (Calvin Morgan), 1938-
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Date Created
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2015-04-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Transportation, Business enterprises, Black, Segregation, School integration, Urban renewal, African American photographers
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Description
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Mr. C. Morgan Edwards discusses his life and upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born and raised in the community and currently a resident, he recalls how during his youth the community was a mixed incom...
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Carol Newman oral history interview 2, 2006 February 23
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Creator
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Newman, Carol, 1946-2007
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Date Created
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2006-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Teachers, Experiential learning, Teachers--In-service training, Magnet schools, Federal aid to education, School integration
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Description
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In this second interview, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) administrator Carol Newman continues to discuss the successes and challenges of the city's open schools program, but also focuses on the emergence and significance of magnet school...
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Charles McCullough oral history interview, 1993 August 30
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Creator
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McCullough, Charles, 1932 or 1933-2017
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Date Created
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1993-08-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School sports, Track and field, Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, School integration, Basketball for girls, Basketball for women
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Description
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Charles McCullough discusses his experiences playing high school and college sports, and his career as athletics coach at West Charlotte High School beginning in the 1960s. He attended West Charlotte High School as well as coaching there as an adu...
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Chris Folk oral history interview 2, 1996 September 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1996-09-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Busing for school integration, Magnet schools, Civil rights, Discrimination in education, Families--Education, Race relations
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Description
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent and longtime employee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, discusses his life and work as an educator. After reflecting on his early experiences as the son of a textile mill superintendent in ...
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Concerned Parents Association cartoon
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1970-05-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, School elections, School boards, School integration, Busing for school integration
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Description
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Topics include: Concerned Parents Association (Charlotte, N.C.); Busing for school integration; Political campaigns; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education
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Daisy Shipp oral history interview, 2004 March 24
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Creator
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Shipp, Daisy, 1944-
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Date Created
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2004-03-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African American business enterprises, Nurses, School integration, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Racism, Urban renewal, Racism in medicine
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Description
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Gastonia, North Carolina native Daisy Shipp recounts her experiences as a nurse in the Charlotte region during the 1970s when the medical field in Charlotte was beginning to integrate. She discusses the training process of becoming a nurse as well...
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David Ruch oral history interview, 2017 November 20
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Creator
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Ruch, David (Life coach)
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Date Created
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2017-11-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling, Personal coaching, Homelessness, Church, Community development, School integration, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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David Ruch served as a board adviser for the Optimist Park Community Association in 2017. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, Mr. Ruch details his experience in integrated public schools, his move to Charlotte in the early 2000s, and how his faith and ...
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Dorothy B. Dae oral history interview, 2004 October 11
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Creator
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Dae, Dorothy, 1951-
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Date Created
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2004-10-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, African American student movements, Cheerleading, Civil rights, College integration, College sports, School integration, Student unions, Universities and colleges--Social aspects
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Description
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Dorothy Dae recounts her experiences as one of a small group of African American students that attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. She discusses the struggle the students had with the St...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2006-12-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts her experience growing up in the Biddleville community in the 1950s, including being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her four days at ...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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1996-01-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...
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Ellie Perzel oral history interview 1, 2023 March 8
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Creator
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Perzel, Ellie
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Date Created
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2023-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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French language--Study and teaching, School integration, Radio broadcasting, Radio stations, Nonprofit organizations, AIDS (Disease)
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Ellie Perzel discusses her experiences working in the Charlotte area as a French and Spanish teacher, a news reporter at Charlotte's NPR station WFAE Radio, and a grant writer for the Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium. Topics discussed include the...
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Evelyn Van Hecke oral history interview, 1999 July 15
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Creator
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Van Hecke, Evelyn, 1958-
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Date Created
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1999-07-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Art--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, School integration, Race relations, Public schools, High school students, High school students--Societies and clubs
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Description
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Evelyn Van Hecke recounts her experience as an art teacher at West Charlotte High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics discussed include the role fine arts classes played in bringing students of all backgrounds together, her experiences working w...
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George Little oral history interview, 2015 November 11
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Creator
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Little, George, 1992-
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Date Created
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2015-11-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility, Race relations
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Description
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George Little shares his experiences growing up in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, where his parents built their home with Habitat for Humanity. Having lived in the neighborhood for twenty-three years, he discusses bei...