Burford, Joshua D.,1974-

Logue, Lynnsy, 1939-

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2017-12-28

1 audio file (29:10) : Digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Joshua Burford was a 43-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Alabama in 1974. He was educated at the University of Alabama and was employed as a Coordinator of Student Development Programming in the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership at the University of Alabama, and as the Assistant Director for Sexual and Gender Diversity at the Multicultural Resource Center at UNC Charlotte. He also acted as a community collaborator in collecting LGBTQ archival documents and artifacts at both the University of Alabama, and at UNC Charlotte.

In this fourth of four interviews, Joshua Burford, Assistant Director of the Multicultural Resources Center at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his experience as a queer man living in Charlotte, North Carolina as well as his thoughts on activism within the Queer community. He compares what it was like to live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Charlotte and how he had disappointments when he first moved to Charlotte. Mr. Burford talks about why he started the Charlotte Queer Oral History Project and his vision of a queer community in Charlotte. Other topics discussed include civil rights, queer Southerners, and his interest in preserving Queer and Trans history.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder with XY modular mic.

College administrators
College teachers

Burford, Joshua D.,1974-

Archives
LGBTQ+ archives
Gay rights
Sexual orientation--Social aspects
Gay liberation movement
Gay community
Oral history
LGBTQ+ people
Civil rights movement

North Carolina--Charlotte
Southern States
Alabama--Tuscaloosa

Oral histories
Interviews

1960-2020

Charlotte LGBTQ+ oral histories

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Joshua D. Burford oral history interview 1, October 2, 2014, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2359); Joshua D. Burford oral history interview 2, March 13, 2016, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2356); Joshua D. Burford oral history interview 3, May 26, 2016, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, (https://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2330)

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