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Title: Anthony Simmons oral history interview, 2021 February 22
Creator: Simmons, Anthony Levon
Date Created: 2021-02-22
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planners, Out-of-state students
Description: UNC Charlotte alumnus Anthony Simmons discusses his experience as a student between 1998 and 2002. [All times are approximate]. Introduction and personal background growing up in Anniston, Alabama [:59]. Decision to apply to UNC Charlotte as an ou...

Title: E. Terrell Blackmon oral history interview, 2020 December 04
Creator: Blackmon, E. Terrell (Edward Terrell)
Date Created: 2020-12-04
Subjects--Topical: College students, College students, Black, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning
Description: E. Terrell Blackmon shares experiences from his time as a student at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.[All times approximate.] Topics discussed include the influence of Africana studies on Black students [16 min], student organizations s...

Title: Marion Lytle oral history interview, 2003 October 17
Creator: Lytle, Marion, 1957-
Date Created: 2003-10-17
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Family farms, Dairy farms, Farmers--Attitudes, Land use, Rural, Zoning, County government--Planning, Rural development, Sustainable development, Natural areas, Agritourism
Description: Marion Lytle speaks with knowledge and first-hand experience of the people and social and economic issues facing Rowan County. He begins by describing his youth growing up in a farming community in Buncombe County. Mr. Lytle states that people in ...

Title: Timothy Gibbs oral history interview, 2021 August 16
Creator: Gibbs, Timothy D.
Date Created: 2021-08-16
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: In this interview Timothy Gibbs describes in great detail his life from high school to attending UNC Charlotte from 1978 to 1983. [All Times Approximate]. His decision to attend the University of North Carolina Charlotte after graduating from West...

Title: Tom Warshauer oral history interview 1, 2017 January 22
Creator: Warshauer, Tom, 1956-
Date Created: 2017-01-22
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Young gay men, Parents of queer people, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Discrimination, LGBTQ+ culture, AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects, City planning
Description: Tom Warshauer discusses his life as an openly gay man and his forty year career as an architect and city planner. Mr. Warshauer describes his experiences growing up in a Jewish family in Wilmington, North Carolina during the 1960s, the discriminat...

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: Vernon Sawyer oral history interview, 2004 April 19
Creator: Sawyer, Vernon Lupton, 1922-
Date Created: 2004-04-19
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, Discrimination in housing, Eminent domain, City planning, Public housing--Resident satisfaction, Race relations
Description: Vernon Sawyer recounts his experiences as the executive director of the Charlotte Redevelopment Commission, which was responsible for Charlotte, North Carolina's urban renewal program in the 1960s and 1970s. Mr. Sawyer talks in detail about urban ...