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Title: Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
Creator: Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
Date Created: 2001-05-10
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
Description: Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...

Title: Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
Creator: Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
Date Created: 2001-06-20
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations
Description: Daisy Spears Stroud, a native of Charlotte, recounts her experiences growing up in the First Ward neighborhood and her career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system before and during desegregation in the 1950s-1970s. She describes her experien...

Title: Girvaud Justice oral history interview 1, 2006 August 6
Creator: Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
Date Created: 2006-08-06
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Soap box derbies, African Americans and libraries
Description: Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...

Title: Girvaud Justice oral history interview 2, 2006 August 11
Creator: Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
Date Created: 2006-08-11
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Gentrification, City planning--Citizen participation, Drug traffic--Social aspects, Public housing
Description: Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board ...

Title: James E. Ferguson II oral history interview, 2001 November 28
Creator: Ferguson, James E. (James Elliott), 1942-
Date Created: 2001-11-28
Subjects--Topical: African American lawyers, Trials, litigation, etc., Racism, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: James Ferguson, a partner at the first integrated law firm in North Carolina, recounts his life's work fighting for civil rights in the state. His involvement with social justice began when he was still in high school, where he helped found the As...

Title: Kathleen Crosby oral history interview, 2001 October 1
Creator: Crosby, Kathleen R. (Kathleen Ross), 1925-2012
Date Created: 2001-10-01
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, School management and organization, African American school principals, Early childhood education--Administration, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Racism, Threats of violence
Description: Kathleen Crosby recounts her forty-year career as an educator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), as well as her involvement in the civil rights movement in Charlotte. She describes the conditions for African Americans living under Jim Crow in...

Title: Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created: 2001-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Political leadership, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Kelly Alexander Jr., the son of local, state, and national NAACP leader and local businessman Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. and Margaret Alexander, recounts his active involvement in civil rights in Charlotte, North Carolina and the larger community. He...

Title: Madelyn Wilson oral history interview, 2002 February 2
Creator: Wilson, Madelyn Joyce S., 1953-
Date Created: 2002-02-01
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Busing for school integration
Description: Madelyn Wilson describes her experiences growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, particularly as a student in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system as it underwent the process of integration during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She explains h...

Title: Margaret Alexander oral history interview 1, 2001 April 30
Creator: Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Date Created: 2001-04-30
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American women civil rights workers, African American women political activists, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race relations
Description: Margaret Alexander, civil rights activist and wife of civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., discusses her involvement in Charlotte's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the NAACP. Sh...

Title: Reginald A. Hawkins oral history interview 1, 2001 June 11
Creator: Hawkins, Reginald Armistice, 1923-2007
Date Created: 2001-06-11
Subjects--Topical: African American political activists, African Americans--Social conditions, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation, Political participation, Segregation in education, School integration, Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: In this interview, Dr. Reginald Armistice Hawkins discusses his significant involvement in the African American Civil Rights Movement nationally, within the state of North Carolina, and in Mecklenburg County. Mr. Hawkins candidly describes his exp...