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Title: Carmen Juárez Juárez oral history interview, September 6, 2002
Creator: Juárez Juárez, Carmen, 1958-
Date Created: 2002-09-06
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Latin Americans--Ethnic identity, Hispanic American families, Biculturalism, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples
Description: Maria del Carmen Juarez Juarez, known as "Carmen," discusses her experiences in the United States after emigrating from Irapuato, Mexico around 1987. Ms. Juarez talks about her perspective on differences between Latin American and American culture...

Title: Dorothy Coplon oral history interview, 1994 March 6
Creator: Coplon, Dorothy, 1935-
Date Created: 1994-03-06
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Cities and towns--Growth, Political campaigns, Jewish women--Political activity, Municipal government, Antisemitism, Voluntarism
Description: Dorothy Coplon discusses the Jewish community while growing up in New Bern, North Carolina and her life after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959. She describes going to Tuesday services at her temple in New Bern and she expresses her appr...

Title: Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
Creator: Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
Date Created: 1993-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
Description: Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...

Title: Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 1, 2019 May 23
Creator: Smith, Emma Peoples
Date Created: 2019-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Genealogy, Slavery, Nannies, Country life, Race relations--Social aspects, Working mothers, Enslavement
Description: Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, describes her life and her family history. [All times approximate]. Overview of Mr...

Title: Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 2, 2020 January 16
Creator: Smith, Emma Peoples
Date Created: 2020-01-16
Subjects--Topical: Genealogy, Tenant farmers, Nannies, Farm life
Description: In this second of three interviews Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, gives detail about her family farm on Rea Peopl...

Title: James Gaither oral history interview, 2004 February 24
Creator: Gaither, James Israel, 1936-
Date Created: 2004-02-24
Subjects--Topical: Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, African American schools, African American families, Farm life, Education, Rural, Race relations
Description: James Gaither discusses growing up in the rural Hemphill Heights community in Charlotte, North Carolina and his education at Rockwell Rosenwald School. He recounts living in a farming household that produced their own butter and grew much of their...

Title: Maggie Coleman oral history interview, 2015 November 7
Creator: Coleman, Maggie, 1933-
Date Created: 2015-11-07
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Citizens' associations, Gentrification, Urban renewal
Description: 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...

Title: Margaret Boone McKenzie oral history interview, 1979 May 23
Creator: McKenzie, Margaret Boone, 1882-1980
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, Voting, African Americans--Segregation, Family farms
Description: Margaret Boone McKenzie recounts her and her family's experiences living in Charlotte and Lumberton, North Carolina. Topics discussed include moving to Charlotte in the 1920s, the city's growth, and her father's farm in Lumberton.

Title: Olaf Abraham oral history interview, 2007 April 11
Creator: Abraham, Olaf, 1939-
Date Created: 2007-04-11
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American schools, African Americans--Education, African American neighborhoods, African American business enterprises, Amusements, City and town life, African American churches, Urban renewal
Description: Olaf Abraham recalls his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and of urban renewal. He describes daily life as a youth during the 1940s and 1950s, including attending Second Ward High Schoo...