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Title
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Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 1, 1973 February 16
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Creator
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Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
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Date Created
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1973-02-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Mayors, Mayors--Election, Country life, Depressions, Family farms, Small business, Boards of trade, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Political campaigns, Sexism in political culture, Political candidates, Elections, Nonpartisan, Urban renewal, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Discrimination in public accommodations, Racism, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Civil rights, Bombings
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Description
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Stanford "Stan" Brookshire, the former four-term mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969, talks about his early life and his time as mayor. He describes his hometown, Troutman, North Carolina, and growing up on a farm that employed tenan...
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William Samuel Dunlap oral history interview, 2006 December 1
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Creator
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Dunlap, William Samuel, 1940-
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Date Created
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2006-12-01
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, High school athletes, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal
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Description
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William Samuel Dunlap, commonly known as Sam, recounts his life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood, focusing on his success as a student-athlete at J.H. Gunn High School and his time as a student at Carver College. Mr. Dunlap describes joining n...