Joshua Shepherd oral history interview, 2019 October 21

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Joshua Shepherd, who at the time of the interview was the President of the 2019-2020 Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte, discusses the protests on campus and in Uptown Charlotte that followed the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on September 20 2016. Mr. Scott was an African American man who was shot and killed outside an apartment complex close to the UNC Campus. Mr. Shepherd explains why and how he got involved with the protests after the shooting, and his subsequent role in the Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte. He also discusses his perceptions of and involvement in the larger black community, and the way that police brutality, injustice, and racism have shaped his experience as a black man in America.

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Title: Joshua Shepherd oral history interview, 2019 October 21
Interviewee: Shepherd, Joshua, 1998-
Interviewer: Varda, Neha
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 2019-10-21
Physical Description: 1 audio file (28:21) : Digital, MP3
Object Type: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Joshua Shepherd was a 21-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was educated at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Abstract: Joshua Shepherd, who at the time of the interview was the President of the 2019-2020 Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte, discusses the protests on campus and in Uptown Charlotte that followed the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on September 20 2016. Mr. Scott was an African American man who was shot and killed outside an apartment complex close to the UNC Campus. Mr. Shepherd explains why and how he got involved with the protests after the shooting, and his subsequent role in the Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte. He also discusses his perceptions of and involvement in the larger black community, and the way that police brutality, injustice, and racism have shaped his experience as a black man in America.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on an iPhone 6s.
Audio Condition Note: Low volume and water bottle cracking.
Subjects--Names: Shepherd, Joshua, 1998-
Keith Lamont Scott
Subjects--Organizations: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Black Student Union (UNC Charlotte)
Subjects--Topics: College students, Black
Police shootings
Protest movements
African Americans--Social conditions
Racism
Police brutality
Racial profiling in law enforcement
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Charlotte
Subjects--Genre: Oral histories
Interviews
Coverage--Dates: 2010-2020
Digital Collection Title: UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews
Digital Collection Series Title: Organizing for social justice on campus
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This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Internet Media Type: audio/mpeg
Related Interviews: Jada Flowers oral history interview 2020 March 23, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Identifier: SJ-SH0001
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:5126

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