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Title: Annie Diggs oral history interview, 2001 October 30
Creator: Diggs, Annie Mae, 1926-2008
Date Created: 2001-10-30
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Chores, Gardening, Community gardens, Vegetable gardening, Cooking, American
Description: Annie Mae Diggs recalls growing up in the country in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, helping to found the Wilmore Community Garden in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her relationship with gardening. She discusses cho...

Title: Gwendolyn Burris oral history interview, 2016 March 16
Creator: Burris, Gwendolyn, 1954-
Date Created: 2016-03-16
Subjects--Topical: School integration, Gentrification, Segregation in education, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Gwendolyn Burris is a Charlotte native who moved to the Optimist Park community in 1987. She shares her memories of growing up in downtown Charlotte and details some of the challenges her family faced, including school integration in the early 197...

Title: Mary Vaughn oral history interview, 2006 November 18
Creator: Vaughn, Mary, 1938-
Date Created: 2006-11-18
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Drug use, Gentrification, Race discrimination, Segregation, Urban renewal, Working poor
Description: Mary Vaughn describes her experiences growing up in the segregated Charlotte neighborhood of Brooklyn and shares her opinions on social issues at the time of interview. She recalls the poor quality of the homes in her neighborhood and how her fami...

Title: Willie Coleman oral history interview, 2001 November 1
Creator: Coleman, Willie S., 1924-2018
Date Created: 2001-11-01
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Depressions, Community gardens, Cotton growing, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving, Cooking, American, Folklore
Description: Willie Coleman recounts her lifelong involvement with gardening and her memories of her family. She discusses growing up in Matthews, North Carolina, attending school in Steele Creek, living through the Great Depression as a child, and working at ...