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Blanche Leak Gluyas oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Gluyas, Blanche Leak, 1889-1989
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Stenographers, Telecommunication, Women employees, Manners and customs, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Blanche Leak Gluyas describes her work as a stenographer for Southern Bell in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1900s and 1910s and as a secretary with the State Department during World War II. Other topics discussed include prominent families ...
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Charles Jones oral history interview 1, 2005 May 18
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2005-05-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights--Religious aspects, Racism, Segregation, Nonviolence
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Description
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J. Charles Jones--civil rights activist, Freedom Rider, and founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)--recounts his early life growing up in the Carolinas and his involvement in the civil rights movement. A native of ...
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Sandra G. Bailey oral history interview 1, 2017 November 10
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Creator
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Bailey, Sandra, 1940-
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Date Created
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2017-11-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Lesbians
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Description
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In this interview, Sandra Bailey, who has been active in the LGBTQ community in Charlotte North Carolina since the early 1970s, briefly discusses her childhood in Alabama, and her parents, Nila and Stokley Bailey, who were founding members of the ...
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Sandra G. Bailey oral history interview 2, 2018 January 22
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Creator
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Bailey, Sandra, 1940-
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Date Created
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2018-01-22
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Subjects--Topical
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LGBTQ+ people, Women's rights, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ culture
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Description
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In this second of three interviews, Sandra Bailey discusses her childhood and college years in Jackson Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee, her adjustment to her sexual orientation during her adolescence, her experiences living as a lesbian in Las V...