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Title: Christine R. Bowser oral history interview, 2007 April 13
Creator: Bowser, Christine, 1934-
Date Created: 2007-04-13
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans and libraries, African American churches, Amusements, African American business enterprises, Race relations, Urban renewal
Description: Christine Bowser discusses her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes her role as program director of the segregated Phyllis Wheatley YWCA in Brooklyn, classes and programs that...

Title: Fred Ashford oral history interview 1, 2021 July 1
Creator: Ashford, Fred
Date Created: 2021-07-01
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Sports, Mills and mill-work
Description: Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...

Title: Fred Ashford oral history interview 2, 2021 July 29
Creator: Ashford, Fred
Date Created: 2021-07-29
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Community development, Mills and mill-work, Recreation
Description: Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...

Title: Joan Tillotson oral history interview, 2016 June 19
Creator: Tillotson, Joan, 1927-
Date Created: 2016-06-19
Subjects--Topical: Physical education teachers, Women physical education teachers, Lesbians, Lesbian college students, Gay community, Lesbian relationships, Aging
Description: Joan Tillotson recounts her life as a lesbian, her experiences with relationships, and her career as physical education teacher in New York and as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She discusses her formative years in N...

Title: Lib Rotan and George Powell oral history interview, 1993 March 8
Creator: Rotan, Elizabeth, 1928-2013
Date Created: 1993-03-08
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Rules, School sports, School sports--Coaching, School sports for girls, High school athletes, African American high school students, African American athletes
Description: Elizabeth "Lib" Rotan and George Powell describe their experiences in high school athletics as basketball coaches and physical education teachers. Mrs. Rotan coached high school basketball from 1946-1965 at Cramerton High School and Myers Park Hig...