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Title: Arthur Stinson oral history interview, 2007 April 23
Creator: Stinson, Arthur L. (Arthur Lee), 1933-2013
Date Created: 2007-04-23
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, City and town life, Amusements
Description: Arthur L. Stinson recounts his experiences growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses schools and businesses in Brooklyn, working as a teenager in the coal yard and wood yard, and ...

Title: Arthur Wallace Sr. oral history interview, 2004 March 18
Creator: Wallace, Arthur, 1916-
Date Created: 2004-03-18
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Amusements, Urban renewal
Description: Arthur Wallace Sr. shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He focuses on his experiences attending Friendship Baptist Missionary Church, which he joined in 1933, including church le...

Title: Arthur Williams oral history interview, 2007 March 30
Creator: Williams, Arthur, 1931-
Date Created: 2007-03-30
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American families, African American schools, Barbershops, Urban renewal, Amusements
Description: Arthur Williams shares his memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses residents and small businesses in Brooklyn, including his uncle's barbershop, N.G. Edwards Barber,...

Title: Barbara Davis Crawford oral history interview, 2004 March 27
Creator: Crawford, Barbara Davis, 1943-
Date Created: 2004-03-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention, African Americans--Education, School sports--Social aspects, African American schools, Teacher-student relationships, African American business enterprises, African American churches, Urban renewal
Description: Barbara Crawford shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes some of the homes that she lived in growing up, and a house fire that destroyed her family's possess...

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 1
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Restaurants

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 10
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 11
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Beauty schools
Description: On building: Bands Beauty College.

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 12
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 2
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Restaurants

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 3
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 4
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Stores, Retail

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 5
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Dental offices

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 6
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Drugstores

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 7
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Drugstores

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 8
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Beauty schools

Title: Beatties Ford Road, Dalebrook Professional Center image 9
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
Date Created: 1961, 1966
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Commercial buildings, Optometrists

Title: Bettye Golden Holloway oral history interview, 2007 April 26
Creator: Holloway, Bettye Golden, 1933-
Date Created: 2007-04-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, City and town life, African Americans and libraries, Libraries, African American families, School sports--Social aspects
Description: Bettye Golden Holloway shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward, during the 1930s through 1950s in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Holloway cites the close-knit community spirit of Brooklyn as its greatest streng...

Title: Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
Creator: Jones, Charles, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City and town life, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal
Description: Charles Jones shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He describes the sense of community pride in Brooklyn's residents and their close-knit relationships, differences between Charl...

Title: Christine R. Bowser oral history interview, 2007 April 13
Creator: Bowser, Christine, 1934-
Date Created: 2007-04-13
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans and libraries, African American churches, Amusements, African American business enterprises, Race relations, Urban renewal
Description: Christine Bowser discusses her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes her role as program director of the segregated Phyllis Wheatley YWCA in Brooklyn, classes and programs that...

Title: Colvin Morgan Edwards oral history interview 1, 2007 March 15
Creator: Edwards, Colvin Morgan, 1938-
Date Created: 2007-03-15
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports--Social aspects, Race relations, Urban renewal, Amusements
Description: Colvin Morgan Edwards shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. While Mr. Edwards did not live in Brooklyn, he discusses his time spent there attending school and visiting friends. He...