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Arthur Wallace Sr. oral history interview, 2004 March 18
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Creator
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Wallace, Arthur, 1916-
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Date Created
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2004-03-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Amusements, Urban renewal
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Description
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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...
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Dorothy G. Shipman, Walter Kennedy, and Mary S. McGill oral history interview, 2004 March 11
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Creator
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Shipman, Dorothy G., 1926-
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Date Created
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2004-03-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal
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In this group interview, Dorothy Shipman, Walter "Buck" Kennedy, and Mary S. McGill share their memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, as well as their experiences with Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. ...
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Eloise W. Rushforth oral history interview, 1996 July 10
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Creator
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Rushforth, Eloise W., 1916-2017
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Date Created
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1996-07-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Middle class families, Family vacations, City and town life, Evangelicalism, Presbyterian Church, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Religion, Revivals
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Eloise Rushforth recounts her family's close relationship with their neighbors, the Grahams and the Blacks, and her memories of Billy Graham as a boy and later as a budding evangelist in Charlotte, North Carolina. She recalls joint family vacation...
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Frances H. Leach oral history interview, 2004 April 2
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Creator
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Leach, Frances H., 1919-2014
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Date Created
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2004-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African American churches, African American business enterprises, Amusements, Urban renewal
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Description
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Frances H. Leach shares her memories of Charlotte, North Carolina's African American communities. She talks about the Cherry neighborhood where she grew up during the 1930s and 1940s and the thriving African American Brooklyn community, also known...
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James Black oral history interview 2, 2007 March 27
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Creator
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Black, James A., 1942-
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Date Created
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2007-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, Evangelicalism, African American business enterprises, Urban renewal, Golfing
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James Black shares his memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and his lifelong involvement with the United House of Prayer for All People. Mr. Black expresses his admiration for...
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James Yancey and Ozener Yancey oral history interview, 2004 March 23
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Creator
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Yancey, James A., 1932-
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Date Created
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2004-03-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, School sports, Urban renewal
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James and Ozener Yancey share their experiences in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Yancey discusses his career as a juvenile probation officer and social worker. He describes the urban renewal...
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James Yancey, Ida James, and Ozener Yancey oral history interview, 2004 March 16
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Creator
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Yancey, James A., 1932-
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Date Created
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2004-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal
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Description
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James Yancey, Ida James, and Ozener Yancey share their memories of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, which was located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, until 1970. All three interviewees dis...
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Mae C. Orr oral history interview, 2007 April 5
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Creator
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Orr, Mae, 1929-
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Date Created
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2007-04-05
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African American schools, African American police, Violence, Urban renewal, City and town life, Amusements
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Mae C. Orr shares her memories of growing up and living in the Greenville community in Charlotte, North Carolina as well as her experiences visiting the Charlotte neighborhood of Brooklyn, also known as Second Ward. She describes attending the seg...
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Vernon M. Herron oral history interview, 2007 March 13
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Creator
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Herron, Vernon M. (Vernon Mack), 1928-
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Date Created
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2007-03-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, African Americans--Education, African American families, African Americans--Housing, Urban renewal
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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 ...
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Walter "Buck" Kennedy oral history interview, 2004 March 26
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Creator
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Kennedy, Walter, 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American radio stations, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, Urban renewal
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Walter "Buck" Kennedy shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Mr. Kennedy describes growing up in the Cherry neighborhood and attending Second Ward High School. He discusses in deta...