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Connie Patton oral history interview 1, 2005 May 2
Title
Connie Patton oral history interview 1, 2005 May 2
Creator
Patton, Connie, 1925-
Date Created
2005-05-02
Subjects--Topical
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, Student activities, Social values, Youth--Employment, Soldiers
Description
Connie Patton shares his memories of his family, school life, and the Brooklyn neighborbood in Charlotte where he grew up during the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Patton describes the Brooklyn of his youth as a close knit African American community with so...
Freddie and Christine Sanders oral history interview, 2005 February 1
Title
Freddie and Christine Sanders oral history interview, 2005 February 1
Creator
Sanders, Freddie, 1931-
Date Created
2005-02-01
Subjects--Topical
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Busing for school integration, Student activities, Students--Social life and customs
Description
Freddie and Christine Sanders reflect on what it was like to be students at the all-black Second Ward High School in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood during segregation in the 1940s and early 1950s. They describe school dances, football game...
Walter Dial oral history interview, 2004 May 12
Title
Walter Dial oral history interview, 2004 May 12
Creator
Dial, Walter, 1931-
Date Created
2004-05-12
Subjects--Topical
African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Segregation in education, Racism, Race relations, Student activities, Manners and customs
Description
Walter Dial reminisces about his childhood and youth growing up in Charlotte's Third Ward and attending local segregated schools in the 1930s and 1940s, including Isabella Wyche Elementary and Second Ward High School. Mr. Dial describes the white ...