Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-

Metzger, Mary

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2005-02-03

1 audio file (1:23:42) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (43 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Daisy S. Stroud was an 83-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte in 1921. She was educated at West Charlotte High School and Fayetteville State University, and was employed as a teacher.

Daisy Spears Stroud describes her life and experiences as an educator in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Stroud's teaching career spanned the transition from racially segregated to integrated education, and she describes working in a range of environments, from a one-room rural school to a newly-constructed school with many resources, Oaklawn Elementary. Mrs. Stroud recounts anecdotes that illustrate the school integration process, and notes that early on, black educators and students were individually selected to integrate white schools. Mrs. Stroud also talks about her husband, Gerson Stroud, a celebrated principal and administrator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using Digidesign 003 rack.

Teachers

Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
Stroud, Gerson L., 1919-2006
Sasso, Sterletta, 1902-1970

Fayetteville State Teachers College
Billingsville Elementary School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Oaklawn Elementary School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Oakdale Elementary School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Ranson Junior High School (Charlotte, N.C.)

African Americans--Segregation
Segregation in education
School integration
Teachers
Race relations
Racism in education
School discipline

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Rockingham

Interviews
Oral histories

1900-2010

The era before Brown v. Board of Education

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, 2001 June 20, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2079); Daisy Stroud oral history interview 3, 2007 April 12, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2365); Gerson Stroud oral history interview, 2001 June 20, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A106)

Gerson Stroud papers, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/288)

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