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Title: Constance Oliphant oral history interview, 2015 November 5
Creator: Oliphant, Constance C. (Constance Colston)
Date Created: 2015-11-05
Subjects--Topical: Physical education teachers, Swimming, Segregation, Civil rights movements
Description: Constance Oliphant, who moved to Druid Hills in Charlotte North Carolina with her family in the 1950s, describes her life and her experiences growing up in the neighborhood. Mrs. Oliphant reflects on the significance of her time spent as a swim in...

Title: Darryl Gaston oral history interview, 2015 November 2
Creator: Gaston, D. Reginald (Darryl Reginald)
Date Created: 2015-11-02
Subjects--Topical: Race discrimination, Community development, Urban, Citizens' associations
Description: Darryl Reginald Gaston served as the President of the Druid Hills Neighborhood Association in Charlotte North Carolina for nearly a decade. Born in 1961, Mr. Gaston grew up on Edison Street, located in Druid Hills, which he describes as a tight-kn...

Title: Jacqueline Nelson oral history interview, 2015 November 9
Creator: Nelson, Jacqueline Dunham
Date Created: 2015-11-09
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers, Segregation in education
Description: Jacqueline Nelson describes the Druid Hills community in Charlotte North Carolina, (formerly known as Edison Heights,) during the 1950s. Ms. Nelson's family moved into their home in 1952 and she fondly remembers her childhood and the close-kn...

Title: Leon Gleaton oral history interview, 2015 November 10
Creator: Gleaton, Leon S.
Date Created: 2015-11-10
Subjects--Topical: Child rearing, Segregation, Homelessness
Description: Leon Gleaton was born and raised in Druid Hills, Charlotte, North Carolina, and has lived in the neighborhood much of his life. Mr. Gleaton describes the major differences he perceives between the community of his youth, which he claims emphasized...

Title: Madelyn Wilson oral history interview, 2002 February 2
Creator: Wilson, Madelyn Joyce S., 1953-
Date Created: 2002-02-01
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Busing for school integration
Description: Madelyn Wilson describes her experiences growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, particularly as a student in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system as it underwent the process of integration during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She explains h...

Title: Maggie Coleman oral history interview, 2015 November 7
Creator: Coleman, Maggie, 1933-
Date Created: 2015-11-07
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Citizens' associations, Gentrification, Urban renewal
Description: Maggie Coleman served as the secretary, vice president, and president of the Druid Hills Neighborhood Association during the 1980s. Originally from Chester, South Carolina, Mrs. Coleman moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1955 in hopes of bette...

Title: Nadine Ford oral history interview 1, 2015 November 15
Creator: Ford, Elaine N. (Elaine Nadine)
Date Created: 2015-11-15
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movements, School integration, Urban gardening, Gentrification
Description: Nadine Ford, who has had a career in waste management, is a native Charlottean who was raised in the Druid Hills neighborhood during the civil rights era. She describes her schooling experience during desegregation busing, and the transformation o...

Title: Nadine Ford oral history interview 2, 2019 April 18
Creator: Ford, Elaine N. (Elaine Nadine)
Date Created: 2019-04-18
Subjects--Topical: Food security, Racism, Gentrification, Community gardens, Sexism
Description: Nadine Ford grew up in the Druid Hills neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Her love for growing things began in her early childhood when she lived on a farm and learned gardening from her parents and grandparents. This love for gardening tr...