Angel Truesdale oral history interview, 2020 December 2

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Angel Truesdale shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from Spring 2004 to 2008. [All times approximate] She shares her decision to come to UNC Charlotte as a native of Charlotte [2:20], her experience as a commuter student [11:07], her participation in Model UN and Democracy Matters [19:28], her decision to come work as a librarian at Atkins Library [26:35], student involvement and the PILOT program [35:45], and she shared fond memories of the library as a student [42:42]. Angel also discusses the growth of the Charlotte area [52:50], Black experience at UNC Charlotte [1:07:11], her experience as an African-American librarian at Atkins Library [1:20:10], and the election of Barack Obama during her last year at UNC Charlotte [1:40:16].

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Title: Angel Truesdale oral history interview, 2020 December 2
Interviewee: Truesdale, Angel
Interviewer: Marshall, Sylvia
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 2020-12-02
Physical Description: 1 video file (1:58:31) : digital, MP4
Object Type: moving image
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Angel Truesdale was a 35-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1985. She was educated at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and San Jose State University and was employed as a Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is also the board member of the Charlotte Film Society.
Abstract: Angel Truesdale shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from Spring 2004 to 2008. [All times approximate] She shares her decision to come to UNC Charlotte as a native of Charlotte [2:20], her experience as a commuter student [11:07], her participation in Model UN and Democracy Matters [19:28], her decision to come work as a librarian at Atkins Library [26:35], student involvement and the PILOT program [35:45], and she shared fond memories of the library as a student [42:42]. Angel also discusses the growth of the Charlotte area [52:50], Black experience at UNC Charlotte [1:07:11], her experience as an African-American librarian at Atkins Library [1:20:10], and the election of Barack Obama during her last year at UNC Charlotte [1:40:16].
Digital Object Notes: MKV access copy created on ingest from MP4 interview originally recorded on zoom.us version 5.2.1.
Interviewee Occupations: academic librarians
Subjects--Names: Truesdale, Angel
Obama, Barack
Subjects--Organizations: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
San José State University. School of Library and Information Science
Subjects--Topics: College students
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae
African Americans--Education
University Librarian
Political participation
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Charlotte
Subjects--Genre: Oral histories
Interviews
Coverage--Dates: 2000-2020
Digital Collection Title: UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews
Digital Collection Series Title: Telling Our Stories: Black Alumni Oral History Project
Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
Internet Media Type: video/mp4
Identifier: BL-TR0012
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:7752

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