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Anne Steele oral history interview, 2015 April 11
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Creator
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Steele, Anne, 1930-
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Date Created
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2015-04-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Anne Steele recalls initially moving to the Historic Washington Heights community in Charlotte North Carolina to provide assistance to her aging aunt in the 1990s. Thinking about the twenty years she has spent living in the neighborhood, she remem...
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Arneichia Green oral history interview, 2016 April 20
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Creator
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Green, Arneichia, 1965-
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Date Created
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2016-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Arneichia Green discusses the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she has lived since 1997. She stresses her appreciation for the opportunity to move into a Habitat home through the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project...
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C. Morgan Edwards oral history interview 2, 2015 April 12
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Creator
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Edwards, C. Morgan (Calvin Morgan), 1938-
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Date Created
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2015-04-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Transportation, Business enterprises, Black, Segregation, School integration, Urban renewal, African American photographers
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Description
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Mr. C. Morgan Edwards discusses his life and upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born and raised in the community and currently a resident, he recalls how during his youth the community was a mixed incom...
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Cecelia Johnston oral history interview, 2015 October 22
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Creator
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Johnston, Cecelia, 1951-
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Date Created
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2015-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Drug traffic, Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, Urban transportation--Public opinion
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Description
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Cecelia Johnston discusses her life and involvement in the Optimist Park community in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Johnston is a longtime resident of the neighborhood and treasurer for the Optimist Park Community Association. She stresses the si...
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Cynthia Horton oral history interview, 2016 March 16
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Creator
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Horton, Cynthia, 1955-
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Date Created
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2016-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, Cities and towns--Growth, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Cynthia Horton, a new member of the Optimist Park neighborhood, reflects on her childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina and notes regret that her decision to marry early prevented her from going to college. She discusses her impression that the Op...
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Darryl Gaston oral history interview, 2015 November 2
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Creator
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Gaston, D. Reginald (Darryl Reginald)
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Date Created
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2015-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Race discrimination, Community development, Urban, Citizens' associations
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Description
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Darryl Reginald Gaston served as the President of the Druid Hills Neighborhood Association in Charlotte North Carolina for nearly a decade. Born in 1961, Mr. Gaston grew up on Edison Street, located in Druid Hills, which he describes as a tight-kn...
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David Ruch oral history interview, 2017 November 20
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Creator
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Ruch, David (Life coach)
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Date Created
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2017-11-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling, Personal coaching, Homelessness, Church, Community development, School integration, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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David Ruch served as a board adviser for the Optimist Park Community Association in 2017. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, Mr. Ruch details his experience in integrated public schools, his move to Charlotte in the early 2000s, and how his faith and ...
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George Little oral history interview, 2015 November 11
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Creator
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Little, George, 1992-
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Date Created
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2015-11-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility, Race relations
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Description
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George Little shares his experiences growing up in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, where his parents built their home with Habitat for Humanity. Having lived in the neighborhood for twenty-three years, he discusses bei...
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Gwendolyn Burris oral history interview, 2016 March 16
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Creator
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Burris, Gwendolyn, 1954-
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Date Created
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2016-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Gentrification, Segregation in education, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Gwendolyn Burris is a Charlotte native who moved to the Optimist Park community in 1987. She shares her memories of growing up in downtown Charlotte and details some of the challenges her family faced, including school integration in the early 197...
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Harold Miller oral history interview, 2015 October 22
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Creator
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Miller, Harold, 1957-
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Date Created
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2015-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Harold Miller discusses living in the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina for twenty-seven years. He grew up with twelve siblings in Charlotte and compares his upbringing with the experiences of contemporary children. He descri...
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Henry Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Heath, Henry, 1942-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Music, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Gentrification, Urban poor--Social conditions, Segregation in education, Racism, Civil rights movements
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Henry Heath, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, describes his life and his involvement in the Optimist Park community since 1987. Mr. Heath details his childhood growing up close to Beatties Ford Road, including his education at segregated loc...
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Jacqueline Nelson oral history interview, 2015 November 9
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Creator
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Nelson, Jacqueline Dunham
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Date Created
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2015-11-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Teachers, Segregation in education
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Description
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Jacqueline Nelson describes the Druid Hills community in Charlotte North Carolina, (formerly known as Edison Heights,) during the 1950s. Ms. Nelson's family moved into their home in 1952 and she fondly remembers her childhood and the close-kn...
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James L. Atkinson oral history interview, 2015 October 22
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Creator
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Atkinson, James, 1954-
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Date Created
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2015-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
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Description
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James Atkinson discusses his life and his family's long term involvement with the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, including his role as an adviser to the Optimist Park Community Association. He describes the challenges of ...
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Kristi McCray oral history interview, 2017 November 19
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Creator
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McCray, Kristi T. (Kristi Turner)
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Date Created
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2017-11-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, Discrimination in housing, Transportation, Cities and towns--Growth, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Kristi McCray provides a detailed account of the Optimist Park community located in Charlotte, North Carolina and its growth in the 1980s. She recalls her experience as one of the first Habitat for Humanity home owners in the neighborhood, and the...
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Leon Gleaton oral history interview, 2015 November 10
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Creator
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Gleaton, Leon S.
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Date Created
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2015-11-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Child rearing, Segregation, Homelessness
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Description
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Leon Gleaton was born and raised in Druid Hills, Charlotte, North Carolina, and has lived in the neighborhood much of his life. Mr. Gleaton describes the major differences he perceives between the community of his youth, which he claims emphasized...
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Maggie Coleman oral history interview, 2015 November 7
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Creator
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Coleman, Maggie, 1933-
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Date Created
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2015-11-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Transportation, Citizens' associations, Gentrification, Urban renewal
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Description
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Maggie Coleman served as the secretary, vice president, and president of the Druid Hills Neighborhood Association during the 1980s. Originally from Chester, South Carolina, Mrs. Coleman moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1955 in hopes of bette...
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Mary Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Heath, Mary, 1953-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions, School integration, Cities and towns--Growth, Social mobility
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Description
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Mary Heath, a Charlotte native, describes her life and experiences as a longtime resident of Optimist Park. Mrs. Heath discusses growing up in the Hickory Grove area of Charlotte and how desegregation impacted her education. She describes how she ...
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Mattie Marshall oral history interview 1, 2015 October 31
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Creator
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Marshall, Mattie, 1948-
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Date Created
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2015-10-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Community development, Gentrification, Urban renewal, Urban transportation, African American families, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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In this interview, Mattie Marshall, president of the Historic Washington Heights Neighborhood Association in Charlotte North Carolina, discusses her origins as a sharecropper's daughter in Georgia, her family's migration north to New Yor...
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Mattie Marshall oral history interview 2, 2015 November 13
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Creator
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Marshall, Mattie, 1948-
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Date Created
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2015-11-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal, Gentrification, Urban transportation, Community development, Police-community relations, Education
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In the second of two interviews, Mattie Marshall, the current president of Historic Washington Heights Neighborhood Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, emphasizes the importance of preserving the history of Historic Washington Heights and ho...