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Belton, Jonathan oral history interview, 2014 September 1
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Creator
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Belton, Jonathan P., 1956-2016
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Date Created
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2014-09-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Rivers, Tadpoles, Swimming, Summer
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Jonathan Belton describes his childhood activities playing with his friends in Briar Creek adjacent to the neighborhood of Grier Heights in Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes catching tadpoles and digging out gray clay from the banks of the c...
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David Ruch oral history interview, 2017 November 20
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Creator
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Ruch, David (Life coach)
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Date Created
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2017-11-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling, Personal coaching, Homelessness, Church, Community development, School integration, Gentrification, African American neighborhoods
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David Ruch served as a board adviser for the Optimist Park Community Association in 2017. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, Mr. Ruch details his experience in integrated public schools, his move to Charlotte in the early 2000s, and how his faith and ...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 1, 2012 May 31
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Interracial marriage, Racially mixed children, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Lynching, Enslavement
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In this first of four interviews, Harold Pulley, North Carolina native and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, begins by discussing his family background including his father's acquisition of farmland in return for const...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-06-26
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
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In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 3, 2012 July 18
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-07-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movement, Peace movements, College students, African American college students--Political activity, African American college students--Attitudes, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Racism in education, Race relations--Education (Higher)
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In this third of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley discusses his student experience at UNC Charlotte during the late 1960s and his connection to the civil rights movement in North Carolina. He describes Bonnie Cone's manner of speaking and i...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 4, 2012 August 28
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-08-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movement, African Americans--Education (Higher), African American college students--Political activity, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Health insurance
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In this fourth of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley resumes where he left off in the previous interview discussing Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, specifically regarding the reaction at UNC Charlotte. He traces the history of black u...
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James Yancey and Ozener Yancey oral history interview, 2004 March 23
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Creator
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Yancey, James A., 1932-
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Date Created
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2004-03-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports, Urban renewal
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James and Ozener Yancey share their experiences in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Yancey discusses his career as a juvenile probation officer and social worker. He describes the urban renewal...
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James Yancey, Ida James, and Ozener Yancey oral history interview, 2004 March 16
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Creator
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Yancey, James A., 1932-
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Date Created
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2004-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal
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James Yancey, Ida James, and Ozener Yancey share their memories of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, which was located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, until 1970. All three interviewees dis...
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Tom Snipes oral history interview, 1993 February 25
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Creator
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Snipes, Walter Thomas, 1932-
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Date Created
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1993-02-25
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Subjects--Topical
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College administrators, College teachers, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Universities and colleges--Curricula, Race relations
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Tom Snipes describes his early upbringing in Kannapolis and Raleigh, North Carolina in an autocratic, yet loving home run by his disciplinarian father. He recalls the challenges of growing up during the Depression in a large family with meager res...