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Title: E. Terrell Blackmon oral history interview, 2020 December 04
Creator: Blackmon, E. Terrell (Edward Terrell)
Date Created: 2020-12-04
Subjects--Topical: College students, College students, Black, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, City planning
Description: E. Terrell Blackmon shares experiences from his time as a student at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.[All times approximate.] Topics discussed include the influence of Africana studies on Black students [16 min], student organizations s...

Title: James B. Lee oral history interview 2, 2018 May 29
Date Created: 2018-05-29
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Gentrification--Government policy, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Community organization, African American churches, Mentoring
Description: In this second interview, community historian James Bradley Lee III continues to recall his personal experiences of growing up in Grier Heights, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his concerns about the effe...

Title: John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
Creator: Archibald, John, 1925-2008
Date Created: 2004-04-01
Subjects--Topical: Working class families, Working class, Mills and mill-work, Industrial housing, Vocational education, Shipyards, Labor unions, War, Americans--Public opinion, Bombings, Airplanes, Military, Poverty, Racism, Racism--Economic aspects, Work environment, Veterans
Description: John Archibald recounts growing up in the Leakesville-Spray area of Rockingham Country, North Carolina, his time as a soldier during World War II, and his life and career after the war. As Mr. Archibald grew older, he became aware that his educati...

Title: Margaret Murphy oral history interview, 2020 July 30
Creator: Murphy, Margaret, 2000-
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Memorials, Local government--Political aspects, Political activists
Description: Margaret Murphy, a UNC Charlotte rising junior, university chapter Director for March For Our Lives, (MFOL) and Co-Director for North Carolina MFOL, discusses her experiences related to April 30, 2019 when a gunman opened fire in a classroom on th...

Title: NAACP
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-11-01
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Education, Education, Higher, Education and state, Higher education and state, Medicare, Social security--Government policy, School children--Food, Student loans, Subsidies, Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations, Gifts, Conflict of interests, Older people, Minimum wage--Law and legislation--U.S. states, Political participation
Description: Harvey Gantt delivers a campaign speech after lunch sponsored by the NAACP. Gantt promotes other Democratic candidates running for office in 1996, then begins talking about his platform. Gantt says that he has been talking to working families abou...

Title: NAACP and 1980 elections cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1980-03-10
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Presidential candidates, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Suffrage, Voting, Politics and government
Description: Topics include: 1980 United States presidential election; NAACP; Black voters; Political candidates; United States politics and government

Title: Sequoyah Cottoms oral history interview, 2021 March 4
Creator: Cottoms, Sequoyah
Date Created: 2021-03-04
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, Police shootings, Student teaching
Description: Sequoyah Cottoms shares her experience as an undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2014 to 2017. [All times approximate] Sequoyah shares what going to college meant to her as a first-generation student and why she transferred to UNC Charlott...

Title: Taylor and Richardson families album
Date Created: 1876, 1953
Subjects--Topical: African American families, African American politicians, African Americans--Social life and customs, Freedmen
Description: The Taylor and Richardson families album contains photographs and other materials that document the life of Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander Taylor, an African American barber, soldier, and firefighter active in numerous social and political cau...

Title: Vernon M. Herron oral history interview, 2007 March 13
Creator: Herron, Vernon M. (Vernon Mack), 1928-
Date Created: 2007-03-13
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African Americans--Education, African American families, African Americans--Housing, Urban renewal
Description: Dr. Vernon Herron shares his memories of growing up near the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Herron describes his education attending Myers Street Elementary and Second Ward High School, where he ...