Kennedy, Walter, 1940-

Alexander, Brian

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2004-03-26

1 audio file (26:15) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript and interview log (17 pages : PDF)

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Walter Kennedy was a 63-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Charlotte in 1940. He graduated from Northwest Junior High School and was employed with BASF.

Walter "Buck" Kennedy shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Kennedy describes growing up in the Cherry neighborhood and attending Second Ward High School. He discusses in detail his relationship with Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, including joining the children's choir, his role as a junior deacon, the Baptist Training Union, and moving to the west side of Charlotte when the church moved there after urban renewal tore down the Brooklyn community. He also discusses businesses in Brooklyn, his involvement in the music ministry in his church, and the first radio broadcast from Friendship Baptist Church through popular Charlotte station WGIV.

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Kennedy, Walter, 1940-

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boy Scouts of America

African Americans--Segregation
African American radio stations
African American business enterprises
African American neighborhoods
African American churches
African Americans--Religion
Urban renewal

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

Interviews
Oral histories

1940-2010

Student project on Second Ward

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Dorothy Shipman, Walter Kennedy, and Mary McGill oral history interview, 2004 March 11, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A2531)

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