Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-

Glinski, Nicole

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2007-04-02

1 audio file (36:31) : digital, MP3 + 1 interview log (4 pages: PDF)

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spoken word

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Margaret Alexander was an 82-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1924. She was educated at Second Ward High School and N.C. College for Negroes (now N.C. Central University); and was employed as a volunteer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the NAACP and with the North Carolina State Conference of NAACP Branches for 43 years.

Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses her husband Kelly Alexander Sr., who was elected president of the North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1948, and the family's significant involvement with civil rights activism. She also talks about the bombing of her family's home and the homes of three other civil rights leaders in Charlotte in 1965. Other topics include businesses, clubs, and organizations in Brooklyn, her family's use of the Brevard Street Library, and urban renewal.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV. Interview originally recorded on electronic optical disc and reformatted using Exact Audio Copy.

Volunteers
Homemakers

Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Alexander, Kelly M.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Brevard Street Library (Charlotte, N.C.)

African Americans--Segregation
African American neighborhoods
African Americans and libraries
Civil rights movements
Racism
Cities and towns--Growth
Urban renewal

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Brooklyn
North Carolina--Charlotte--Second Ward

Interviews
Oral histories

1940-2010

Student project on Second Ward

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Margaret Alexander oral history interview 1, 2001 April 30, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A339); Margaret Alexander oral history interview 2, 2004 April 27, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kelly Alexander, Sr. Family papers, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/583); Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701)

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