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Title: Also concerned
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-05-29
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, School elections, School boards, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: Topics include: School integration; School desegregation; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education; Elections

Title: Chris Folk oral history interview 1, 1997 October 16
Creator: Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
Date Created: 1997-10-16
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration, De facto school segregation, Magnet schools, Race relations, School districts--Planning, School enrollment, School integration, School management and organization, Segregation in education, Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: In this 1997 interview, Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts the school system's history of desegregation in light of the filing of Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools earlier that yea...

Title: Concerned Parents Association cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, School elections, School boards, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: Topics include: Concerned Parents Association (Charlotte, N.C.); Busing for school integration; Political campaigns; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education

Title: Data on proposed $8,000,000 bond
Creator: Horack, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Shambaugh), 1917-
Date Created: 1970-07-29, 1971-02-03
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration

Title: Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 1, 1993 June 16
Creator: Randolph, Elizabeth S.
Date Created: 1993-06-16
Subjects--Topical: African American elementary schools, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Racism in education, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Manners and customs, Depressions
Description: In this first interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph describes growing up during the 1920s and 1930s in a family that emphasized education which inspired her dedication as an educator throughout her life in such ...

Title: I got 'im, judge!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-07-28
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Trials, litigation, etc., Discrimination in education
Description: Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education; School integration; Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

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: Julius L. Chambers oral history interview, 1997 October 24
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1997-10-24
Subjects--Topical: Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc., School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Civil rights, Political and social views
Description: Charlotte attorney Julius L. Chambers, who represented the plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, talks at length about the integration of schools in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County during the late 196...

Title: Julius L. Chambers papers, 1964-1979
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1936, 2013
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: Files of a Charlotte attorney and his firm, Chambers, Stein, Ferguson, and Lanning, relating to their representation of Darius and Vera Swann and other plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in which th...

Title: Miscellaneous correspondence, memoranda, research notes, and data
Creator: Horack, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Shambaugh), 1917-
Date Created: 1969-05-05, 1970-03-23
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration

Title: Now reel him in!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-08-29
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Public schools, Municipal budgets, Municipal government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education; Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners; Local budgets; School funding

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...

Title: Remarks to School Board
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2006-03-08
Subjects--Topical: Public schools, School management and organization

Title: Series 2, Correspondence
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1968, 1976
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: This series documents the work of Chambers and his colleagues, particularly of the Legal Defense Fund, in researching, planning, and conducting the pleading of Swann and provides insight into the issues as discussed in the planning stages. Subject...

Title: Series 3, Clippings
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1964, 1989
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: This series contains newspaper clippings primarily from The Charlotte News and The Charlotte Observer that document Swann's passage through the courts. Also documented are the efforts of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education to desegregate ...

Title: Series 4, Transcripts
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1969, 1970
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: This series contains transcripts of proceedings, depositions, and oral examinations prepared exclusively for or in the District Court. The depositions and oral examinations were taken out of court and are primarily interviews with School Board rep...

Title: Series 5, Briefs
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1966, 1970
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: This series contains briefs submitted on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals and to the U.S. Supreme Court. Included are briefs amici curiae and briefs submitted to the Supreme Court for cases heard with Swann, including the supplementary suit inv...

Title: Series 6, Desegregation Plans
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1969, 1970
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: This series consists of planning documents and reports developed to integrate the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.

Title: Series 8, Maps
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1965, 1970
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations
Description: This series contains primarily attendance maps prepared by the Board of Education on March 11, 1965 (revised August 15, 1969) and on January 30, 1970 to accompany their desegregation plans. Also contains Finger plan map adjusted for feeder plan (J...

Title: Subseries 1, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Proceedings
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1966, 1970
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/895037, Education--Political aspects, Race relations