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Title: Barbara Rein oral history interview, 2017 June 29
Creator: Rein, Barbara, 1953-
Date Created: 2017-06-29
Subjects--Topical: AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, Fund raising, Nonprofit organizations, Nonprofit organizations--Economic aspects, Social case work--Management
Description: Barbara Rein recounts her time as the Executive Director of the Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP), in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1993 to 1997. After working with the task force NO/AIDS in New Orleans, Louisiana Ms. Rein was guided to Charlotte, No...

Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 2, 2012 December 10
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-12-10
Subjects--Topical: Nonprofit organizations, Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Low-income single mothers, Dependency (Psychology), Fund raising
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, Executive Director of Jackson Park Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares about the history and operations of the organization. He discusses the ministry's campus, explaining its origin as a World War...

Title: Carlenia Ivory oral history interview, 2021 July 22
Creator: Ivory, Carlenia
Date Created: 2021-07-22
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Civil rights, Fund raising
Description: Carlenia Ivory came to Charlotte in 1969 to attend Johnson C. Smith University. She met and married Titus Ivory, who was part of an activist family that participated in many civil rights endeavors in Charlotte and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ms. Iv...

Title: Courtney White oral history interview 2017 June 29
Creator: White, Courtney, 1950-
Date Created: 2017-06-29
Subjects--Topical: Nonprofit organizations--Management, Volunteers, Fund raising, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention--Government policy
Description: In this interview, Courtney White shares her experience as the Volunteer Director for Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP) from 1991-1997. Ms. White recounts stepping into the role after the previous director was fired and how she rebuilt the volunteer po...

Title: Dean Colvard oral history interview 3, 1996 May 31
Creator: Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007
Date Created: 1996-05-31
Subjects--Topical: Christian life, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Fund raising, Evangelicalism, Race relations--Religious aspects
Description: As the chairperson of the 1972 Billy Graham Crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Dean Colvard discusses his role in the planning and implementation of the religious event. He details the development of such a large crusade by thousands of vol...

Title: Dean Jones oral history interview, 2021 April 7
Creator: Jones, Dean
Date Created: 2021-04-07
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Fund raising, Social integration, Equality, COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects
Description: Dean Jones, a graduate of Davidson College, was hired in 2000 to create a formalized fundraising department for the Charlotte YMCA. He began the interview with a discussion of the tutoring program Project Starfish, one of the Y's early effort...

Title: Gregg Brafford oral history interview 3, 2023 July 6
Creator: Brafford, Gregg
Date Created: 2023-07-06
Subjects--Topical: Gay men, Gay bars, LGBTQ+ bars, AIDS (Disease), AIDS organizations, Fund raising
Description: In this third of three interviews, Gregg Brafford, who managed and owned several LGBTQ+ bars in Charlotte, North Carolina, including Oleens, the New Brass Rail, Central Station, and the Woodshed, discusses the impact of the HIV AIDS virus on the l...

Title: Jeff Brafford oral history interview, 1993 May 12
Creator: Brafford, Jeff
Date Created: 1993-05-12
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair basketball players, Basketball--Tournaments, Fund raising, Basketball--Rules, Wheelchair sports, Wheelchairs, Athletes with disabilities, Sports for people with disabilities, Basketball stories, Exhibition games
Description: Jeff Brafford, a wheelchair basketball player with a mobility impairment, shares his experiences playing wheelchair basketball with the Charlotte Cyclones in Charlotte, North Carolina. He talks about the history of wheelchair basketball which star...

Title: Keith Gaston Bernard oral history interview 3, 2023 March 6
Creator: Bernard, Keith Gaston, 1956-
Date Created: 2023-03-06
Subjects--Topical: LGBT community centers, Gay community, Gay culture, Gay men--Identity, Social participation, Fund raising, LGBTQ+ communities
Description: Keith Gaston Bernard discusses in-depth his experiences working on the first board of the Lesbian and Gay Community Center Project in Charlotte, North Carolina when it came into being in the early 2000s. Topics discussed include the early days of ...

Title: Susan Jetton oral history interview, 2019 January 23
Creator: Jetton, Susan K.
Date Created: 2019-01-23
Subjects--Topical: Press secretaries, United States. Congress. Senate, Political campaigns, Fund raising, Mass media--Political aspects, Political television commercials, Race discrimination, Speechwriters, Reporters and reporting, Human Rights Campaign (U.S.), National Endowment for the Arts, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Description: Susan Jetton recounts her experience as press secretary for 1990 North Carolina senatorial candidate Harvey Gantt. She recalls meeting Mr. Gantt in the 1970s and her dedication to his senatorial campaign, which she describes as a "cause." Ms. Jett...

Title: Tom Warshauer oral history interview 2, 2017 February 19
Creator: Warshauer, Tom, 1956-
Date Created: 2017-02-19
Subjects--Topical: Gay community, City planning, Cities and towns--Growth, Gay activists, LGBTQ+ culture, Sexual orientation--Political aspects, Gay and lesbian film festivals, Fund raising, AIDS (Disease), Discrimination--Law and legislation, Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.
Description: In this second interview, Tom Warshauer discusses his arrival in Charlotte in 1990 to work with the city's planning department. He explains that he was initially apprehensive of Charlotte's conservative culture and planned to stay in the...

Title: Unity Press Conference with Senator Bob Kerrey, Charles Sanders, and Gov. Jim Hunt
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-05-30
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Fund raising, Economic security
Description: Press conference held after Harvey Gantt won the 1996 primary nomination for U.S. Senate. Speakers: Jim Hunt (introduced by Charlie Sanders), Bob Kerrey (introduced by Jim Hunt), Harvey Gantt (introduced by Bob Kerrey). Gantt talks about (starts a...