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Title: Allegra Westbrooks oral history interview, 2007 March 12
Creator: Westbrooks, Allegra M. (Allegra Marea), 1921-
Date Created: 2007-03-12
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African Americans and libraries, Public libraries, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Race relations
Description: Allegra Westbrooks recounts her thirty-six year career as head of library services at the segregated Brevard Street Library, located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and later in the Charlotte-M...

Title: Belle Banks oral history interview, 2002 January 25
Creator: Banks, Belle, 1918-2011
Date Created: 2002-01-25
Subjects--Topical: Historic sites, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation, Regionalism, Manners and customs
Description: In this interview, librarian and historic preservationist Margaret "Belle" Banks describes her early life in Pennsylvania and Delaware, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1944, and her role in restoring Cedar Grove and the Hugh Torrance Hous...

Title: Betty Ladner oral history interview, 2020 July 2
Creator: Ladner, Elizabeth H., 1948-
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus police, Medical informatics, Emergency communication systems
Description: Betty Ladner, recently retired Executive Director of External Relations and longtime member of the Senior Management Team for the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte reflects on her career and details her experiences on April 30, 2019. Ms. L...

Title: Cynthia Roddey oral history interview, 2004 May 17
Creator: Roddey, Cynthia P. (Cynthia Plair)
Date Created: 2004-05-17
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Education, African American families, Middle class African Americans, African American schools, Teachers, Segregation in education, Civil rights movements, Race relations, School integration, Social values
Description: Dr. Cynthia Roddey describes her education in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina and her experiences as a teacher after graduation. She attended segregated schools during the 1950s, including Biddleville Elementary and Immanue...

Title: Naomi White-Hewitt oral history interview, 2002 November 1
Creator: White-Hewitt, Naomi
Date Created: 2002-11-01
Subjects--Topical: African American families, African Americans--Segregation, Busing for school integration, Land use, Rural, Race relations, Race discrimination, Racism, Family farms, Camp meetings, Teachers, Deeds, Water--Pollution
Description: Naomi White-Hewitt discusses her family's history in Catawba County, North Carolina and her experiences as an African American woman living in a primarily white, rural community. Mrs. White-Hewitt talks about camp meetings, race relations in the a...

Title: Robin Brabham oral history interview 2, 2018, November 1
Creator: Brabham, Robin
Date Created: 2018-11-01
Subjects--Topical: Libraries--Special collections, Archives, Rare book libraries
Description: Robin Brabham, founding head of Special Collections and University Archives at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses his family background, the educational path that brought him to archives, and the early years of his career at ...

Title: Sue Henry oral history interview 1, 2016 July 30
Creator: Henry, Sue L.
Date Created: 2018-02-14
Subjects--Topical: Feminism, Gay activists, Gay liberation movement, Gay pride celebrations, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Women in community organization, Political campaigns
Description: In this interview Sue Henry, owner of Rising Moon Books & Beyond bookstore in Charlotte between 1991 to 1997, the first out lesbian to run for Mayor of Charlotte in 1995, and an active member of several political and social LGBTQ organizations, di...

Title: Sue Henry oral history interview 2, 2016 August 19
Creator: Henry, Sue L.
Date Created: 2016-08-16
Subjects--Topical: Feminism, Gay activists, Gay liberation movement, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Women's bookstores, Women in community organization
Description: In this second interview Sue Henry, the owner of the Rising Moon Books & Beyond bookstore in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1991 to 1997, and the first out lesbian to run for Mayor of Charlotte in 1995, discusses the process of opening and operati...