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Title: John Love oral history interview, 2004 April 9
Creator: Love, John Willie, 1943-
Date Created: 2004-04-09
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movement, Segregation in education, Racism, Race relations, Discrimination in employment, African American postal service employees, African American golfers
Description: South Carolina native John W. Love discusses his life in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his personal experiences with segregation, the civil rights movement, integration, and race relations in the city. Originally from Chester, South Carolina, Mr....

Title: Eugene Payne oral history interview 2, 2005 March 24
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 2005-03-24
Subjects--Topical: Art, Cartooning, Caricatures and cartoons, Editorial cartoons, Editorial cartoonists, Newspapers, Pulitzer Prizes
Description: In this second interview, Eugene Payne discusses his forty-year career as an editorial cartoonist for the Charlotte Observer, his artwork, and winning his 1968 Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Payne discusses the role his mother played in supporting his early ...

Title: LeGette Blythe oral history interview 2, circa 1976
Creator: Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993
Date Created: 1976
Subjects--Topical: Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Labor unions and communism, Police brutality, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work
Description: Author and former Charlotte Observer reporter LeGette Blythe shares his eyewitness account of the 1929 Loray Mill strike approximately forty-five years after the event took place. Mr. Blythe describes how the chaotic strike atmosphere escalated in...

Title: Harvey Boyd oral history interview, 2004 April 17
Creator: Boyd, Harvey, 1944-
Date Created: 2004-04-17
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Commercial art, Social integration, Advertising, Newspapers, African Americans--Employment, Mentoring in education
Description: Harvey Boyd reflects on his extraordinary life achievements, despite his limited opportunities as an African American man growing up in the segregated South. He begins by describing his childhood home, where he also lived at the time of interview,...

Title: Jack Claiborne oral history interview 1, 2003 June 5
Creator: Claiborne, Jack
Date Created: 2003-06-05
Subjects--Topical: Editorials, Sports journalism, Newspapers, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Segregation, Race discrimination, Race relations
Description: Jack Claiborne, former editor at the Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), reflects on his life, work, and the city of Charlotte. Mr. Claiborne talks about his ...

Title: Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
Creator: Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
Date Created: 1998-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
Description: Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...

Title: Jeep Hunter portrait
Creator: Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
Date Created: 1958-05
Subjects--Topical: Photojournalists, Men
Description: Charlotte News and Charlotte Observer photographer Jeep Hunter.

Title: Awards and gifts image 2
Date Created: 1960
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, College campuses, College administrators, Universities and colleges--Administration
Description: Caption on back: "Charlotte Observer and News represented by Brodie Guffeth giving scholarship checks to Charlotte College and Carver College which are represented by their respective heads Bonnie Cone and James Alexander."

Title: North Carolina dual office holding ban cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-05-02
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, U.S. states--Politics and government, College trustees, Legislation--U.S. states, Local officials and employees--Legal status, laws, etc.
Description: Topics include: Dual office holding restrictions; North Carolina General Assembly; North Carolina politics and government

Title: Offhand I'd say, he died of natural causes.
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-06-26
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, U.S. states--Politics and government, http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069286
Description: Topics include: North Carolina politics and government; North Carolina General Assembly; Ethics

Title: They can't punch their way out of...
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, U.S. states--Politics and government, Alcohol--Law and legislation
Description: Topics include: North Carolina politics and government; Alcohol legislation; North Carolina General Assembly

Title: Birth control cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-05-21
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Birth control, Diplomatic relations
Description: Topics include: Birth control; Latin America; United States politics and government

Title: What's a nice Communist like you doing in place like this?
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-04-20
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Social movements, World politics, Communism
Description: Topics include: Cold War; Soviet Union; Alexander Dubcek; Czechoslovakia

Title: Troop withdrawal cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-06-10
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Military policy, Peace--Public opinion
Description: Topics include: Vietnam War (1961-1975); Richard Nixon; Military troop withdrawal

Title: Well, here I am. What comes first?
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-05-20
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Mayors--Election, Mayors, Politics and government--Public opinion
Description: Topics include: John M. Belk; North Carolina politics and government

Title: North Carolina legislature cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-05-03
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, U.S. states--Politics and government, Tobacco--Taxation
Description: Topics include: North Carolina General Assembly; North Carolina politics and government; Tobacco taxes

Title: Isolationist!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-06-06
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Militarism, Military policy, Politics and war
Description: Topics include: United States Armed Forces; Vietnam War (1961-1975); Anti-war movement

Title: It will make you fat!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-06-11
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Economic policy, Inflation (Finance), Legislators--Salaries, etc.
Description: Topics include: United States Congress; United States economy; Inflation; Federal pay increase

Title: The Charlotte Observer cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-05-15
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Fires
Description: Topics include: The Charlotte Observer; Fires [the Charlotte Observer pressroom caught fire]

Title: PGA Tour cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-06-19
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Golf, Golf--Tournaments
Description: Topics include: Kemper Open; PGA Tour; Golf