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Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 1, 2012 September 13
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-09-13
Subjects--Topical: Education, College students, Veterans--Education (Higher), Women college presidents, African Americans--Segregation, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, one of "Bonnie's Boys" and a Charlotte College alumnus, reflects on growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and on Bonnie Cone's influence in his life. He recalls his educatio...

Title: Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
Creator: Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
Date Created: 2001-06-20
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations
Description: Daisy Spears Stroud, a native of Charlotte, recounts her experiences growing up in the First Ward neighborhood and her career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system before and during desegregation in the 1950s-1970s. She describes her experien...

Title: Duke University
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-10-13
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Education, Education, Higher--Economic aspects, Equal pay for equal work, Job security, Occupational training, Pensions--Law and legislation, Minimum wage--Law and legislation--U.S. states, Social values, American Dream, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations--Political aspects, Voter turnout
Description: Harvey Gantt delivers an energetic speech to students at Duke University. Gantt focuses on issues aspects of his platfom that would appeal sutdents, such as financial support for education, tax credits for working parents, more loan and grant acce...

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: Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created: 2001-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Political leadership, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Kelly Alexander Jr., the son of local, state, and national NAACP leader and local businessman Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. and Margaret Alexander, recounts his active involvement in civil rights in Charlotte, North Carolina and the larger community. He...

Title: William T. Alexander oral history interview 1, 1992 Spring
Creator: Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
Date Created: 1992
Subjects--Topical: Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Carriages and carts, Christian life, Plantations, Family farms, Cotton, Freedmen, Farm life, Education, Livestock, African Americans--Segregation, Sharecropping
Description: In this first of three interviews, William T. Alexander describes growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina in the Mallard Creek Church region during the early twentieth century and how the area changed over time. Mr. Alexander's ancestors were some...

Title: William U. Harris oral history interview, 2004 May 4
Creator: Harris, William Ussery, 1936-
Date Created: 2004-05-04
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, Segregation in education, Manners and customs, African American neighborhoods, African American school children, African American families, Education
Description: William Harris shares his memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses his career as a principal at Myers Street Elementary School and Biddleville Elementary School, and ...