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Janet S. Gamble and Delores A. Crowder oral history interview 1, 2004 January 12
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Creator
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Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation in education, Rural schools, Corporal punishment of children, Student activities
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Description
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In this first of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenwa...
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Janet S. Gamble and Delores A. Crowder oral history interview 2, 2004 February 23
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Creator
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Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation in education, Rural schools, School integration
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In this second of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenw...
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Stanley Creek
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Creator
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Cumming, Gabriel
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Date Created
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2002, 2004
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural
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Description
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Interviews and project recordings relating to the Stanley Creek region, located in Gaston County, North Carolina.
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Balls Creek
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Creator
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Cumming, Gabriel
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Date Created
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2002, 2004
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural
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Description
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Interviews and project recordings relating to the Balls Creek region, located in Catawba County, North Carolina.
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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1996-01-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...
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Uwharrie
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Creator
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Cumming, Gabriel
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Date Created
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2002, 2004
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural
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Description
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Interviews and project recordings relating to the Uwharrie National Forest region, located primarily in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
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Grier Heights group oral history interview with Hawthorne Broadway, L.C. Clifton, Willie Davis, Marvin Price, and Porgie Wallace, 2014 September 1
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Creator
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Broadway, Hawthorn, 1937-
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Date Created
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2014-09-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Fishing, Floods, Segregation, Swimming, Swimming pools, Rivers
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Description
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Five men, who grew up in the Grier Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s recall swimming in the local creeks. and specifically in a place that they called the "Big Boy Hole," on Briar Creek behind the Mint Mu...
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Hare, Ron oral history interview, 2014 July 16
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Creator
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Hare, Ron (Ronald C. Jr.), 1935-
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Date Created
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2014-07-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Rivers
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Description
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Ronald Hare discusses his contributions to a flood mitigation project done by Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He relates the process by which houses were acquired by the county and then torn down in order to turn the area into an ecological ga...
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Stith, Pat oral history interview, 2014 July 28
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Creator
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Stith, Pat (William F.), 1942-
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Date Created
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2014-07-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Journalism, Newspapers, Reporters and reporting, Sewage, Water--Pollution, Rivers
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Description
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Pat Stith recalls his first investigative journalism report as a newspaper reporter for The Charlotte News. He discusses his investigation of pollution and the piping of waste by industry into Little Sugar Creek and other creeks in Charlotte, Nort...
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Stokes, Bill oral history interview, 2014 July 31
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Creator
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Stokes, Bill, 1949-
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Date Created
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2014-07-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Kayaking, Rivers
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Description
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Bill Stokes of Lancaster, South Carolina discusses his hobby of kayaking up and down the Catawba River, and his hobby of collecting the balls that he has found floating down the river. He describes the condition and quantities of trash that come o...
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Hall, Rickey oral history interview, 2014 May 27
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Creator
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Hall, Rickey (Rickey Vaughn), 1957-
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Date Created
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2014-05-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Swimming, Rivers
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Description
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Rickey Hall recalls his childhood adventures swimming in Irwin Creek and its tributaries in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He imparts the importance of creek greenways for the communities in Charlotte. He discusses the importanc...
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Rozzelle, Rusty oral history interview, 2014 February 5
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Creator
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Rozzelle, Rusty (Russell Sloan), 1956-
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Date Created
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2014-02-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Greenways, Federal Water Pollution Control Act (United States), Stream channelization, Stream ecology, Water--Pollution, Rivers
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Description
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Rusty Rozzelle, manager of the Mecklenburg County Water Quality Program gives an historical background of the treatment of creeks and streams in Mecklenburg County. He discusses pollutants and methods to restore the creeks. He describes laws and o...
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Menhinick, Ed and Pozy Menhinick oral history interview, 2014 May 9
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Creator
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Menhinick, Edward F. (Edward Fulton), 1935-
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Date Created
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2014-05-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Bluegill, Catfishes, Environmental impact statements, Gold, Largemouth bass, Silt, Sunfishes, Rivers
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Dr. Ed Menhinick discusses his history from the late 1960s until around 2010. He remembers how he got started in finding fish in the streams of North Carolina. He discusses doing environmental impact reports for the county and the state on the con...
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Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players
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These interviews were conducted by staff of the Levine Museum of the New South in 1992 and 1993 as part of the research for the exhibit: "The Most Democratic Sport: Basketball and Culture in the Central Piedmont, 1893-1994." Interviews were conduc...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2006-12-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts her experience growing up in the Biddleville community in the 1950s, including being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her four days at ...
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Harvey Gantt Audio Tapes
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Creator
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Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
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Date Created
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1996
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Subjects--Topical
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Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Political leadership, Political campaigns
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Audio recordings of Harvey Gantt in the Harvey Gantt papers, particularly from his 1996 campaign for U.S. Senate for North Carolina.
