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Title: Alma Blake oral history interview, 1993 October 15
Creator: Blake, Alma, approximately 1918-
Date Created: 1993-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, African American basketball players, School sports, Sex role, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching
Description: Former player and coach Alma Blake discusses her life-long involvement with basketball. Throughout the interview, Ms. Blake discusses gender and the game as she reflects upon her own unwillingness to participate in high school basketball under "gi...

Title: Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
Creator: Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
Date Created: 1993-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
Description: Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...

Title: Kathlee Hicks oral history interview, 1993 October 24
Creator: Hicks, Kathlee Cox, 1917-2002
Date Created: 1993-10-24
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, High school student activities, Swimming--Training
Description: Native Charlottean Kathlee Hicks discusses her time as a basketball player and drum majorette for Central High School in the 1930s. She describes the uniforms she wore in both activities and discusses how gender conventions of the day shaped their...

Title: Mary Dalton and Mildred McMillan oral history interview, 1992 December 7
Creator: Dalton, Mary Keesler, 1904-1999
Date Created: 1992-12-07
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Young Men's Christian associations, Women basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, Sports--Social aspects, Amusements, High school students--Conduct of life, City and town life, Street-railroads, African Americans--Segregation
Description: Mary Dalton and Mildred McMillan discuss their experiences playing basketball and enjoying other recreational activities in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early 20th century. They describe learning how to play basketball at a local park, pla...