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Title: Olaf Abraham oral history interview, 2007 April 11
Creator: Abraham, Olaf, 1939-
Date Created: 2007-04-11
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American schools, African Americans--Education, African American neighborhoods, African American business enterprises, Amusements, City and town life, African American churches, Urban renewal
Description: Olaf Abraham recalls his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and of urban renewal. He describes daily life as a youth during the 1940s and 1950s, including attending Second Ward High Schoo...

Title: Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
Creator: Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
Date Created: 2001-05-10
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
Description: Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...

Title: Fred D. (Frederick Douglas) Alexander Papers
Creator: Alexander, Frederick Douglas, 1910-1980
Date Created: 1960, 1969
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, City council members, African American politicians
Description: This collection primarily consists of material created and received by Fred Alexander as a member of the Charlotte City Council (1965-74) and as a state senator (1975-80). Digitized content in Goldmine represents a small portion of the collection....

Title: Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 2, 2007 April 7
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created: 2007-04-07
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Family-owned business enterprises, Funeral homes, Urban renewal, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Kelly Alexander Jr., son of former NAACP president Kelly Alexander Sr., recounts fond memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses notable businesses, banks, churches, an...

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: Margaret Alexander oral history interview 1, 2001 April 30
Creator: Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Date Created: 2001-04-30
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American women civil rights workers, African American women political activists, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race relations
Description: Margaret Alexander, civil rights activist and wife of civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., discusses her involvement in Charlotte's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the NAACP. Sh...

Title: Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
Creator: Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Date Created: 2007-04-02
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans and libraries, Civil rights movements, Racism, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
Description: Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses 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: James G. Babb, Jr. oral history interview 1, 2013 July 18
Creator: Babb, James G., 1932-
Date Created: 2013-07-18
Subjects--Topical: College students, African Americans--Segregation, United States. Army, Veterans--Education (Higher), Sports journalism, Political campaigns, Newspaper publishing, Television broadcasting
Description: In this interview, James G. "Jim" Babb, long-time Charlotte resident and student at Charlotte College in the 1950s, recalls his early years in New York City, Boston, and Charlotte, North Carolina; his school days at Dilworth Elementary School, O&a...

Title: James Black oral history interview 2, 2007 March 27
Creator: Black, James A., 1942-
Date Created: 2007-03-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Religion, Evangelicalism, African American business enterprises, Urban renewal, Golfing
Description: 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...

Title: Patsy Bolin oral history interview, 1992 October 15
Creator: Bolin, Patsy N., 1941-2012
Date Created: 1992-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Clubs, African Americans--Segregation
Description: Patsy Bolin recounts working as a bookkeeper at the YMCA in Belmont, North Carolina beginning in 1960. Ms. Bolin describes how the YMCA during that time was only open to white men and how she and other female employees could not enter the health c...

Title: William Frank Bonham oral history interview, 2006 November 16
Creator: Bonham, William Frank, 1927-
Date Created: 2006-11-16
Subjects--Topical: African American business enterprises, African Americans--Segregation, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal--Social aspects
Description: William Frank Bonham discusses his life growing up in segregated Charlotte and his significant contributions to the community, in particular his involvement in the local branch of the NAACP and his career as one of the first black telegram deliver...

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: Harvey Boyd oral history interview, 2004 April 17
Creator: Boyd, Harvey, 1944-
Date Created: 2004-04-17
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Commercial art, Social integration, Advertising, Newspapers, African Americans--Employment, Mentoring in education
Description: Harvey Boyd reflects on his extraordinary life achievements, despite his limited opportunities as an African American man growing up in the segregated South. He begins by describing his childhood home, where he also lived at the time of interview,...

Title: Viola Boyd oral history interview 1, 2004 March 9
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-09
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Racism, Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Railroads--Employees, Child labor
Description: Viola Boyd describes her life as an African American woman during segregation and the civil rights movement. Mrs. Boyd describes Matthews, North Carolina, and in particular the Crestdale neighborhood where she lived and grew up. She speaks frequen...

Title: Viola Boyd oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Racism, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, African American families, Middle class African Americans, Railroads--Employees, Country life, Beauty operators, Hairdressing of African Americans, Police-community relations
Description: In this follow-up interview, retired hairdresser Viola Boyd speaks about her life, career, and family. She begins by discussing her experiences while living in Philadelphia as a young wife at the age of 15 in the 1920s, including her search for a ...

Title: Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
Creator: Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
Date Created: circa 1990-1999
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Elections, Mills and mill-work, Political parties, Women legislators, Women--Political activity, Women political candidates
Description: Louise Brennan recounts her early life growing up in Concord, North Carolina. She discusses the important role of education in her upbringing and the prevalence of textile mills in the Concord area. She describes living near a mill village in Conc...

Title: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee Records, 1960-1969
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee (N.C.)
Date Created: 1960, 1969
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Municipal government
Description: Records of a committee established in 1961 by the mayor of Charlotte to help ease racial tensions and to assist in the gradual desegregation of public facilities. Includes correspondence, minutes, and clippings relating to the committee and its pr...

Title: Series 2, Mayor's Community Relations Committee, 1961-1969
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee (N.C.)
Date Created: 1961, 1969
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Municipal government
Description: John Cunningham served as the first chair of the Mayor's Community Relations Committee, and was succeeded by Warner L. Hall, senior minister of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, in 1965. Jack L. Bullard was hired as the committee's first ...

Title: Series 3, North Carolina Organizations, 1963-1967
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee (N.C.)
Date Created: 1963, 1967
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Municipal government
Description: Governor Terry Sanford appointed Stanford Brookshire as chair of the North Carolina Mayors Cooperating Committee in 1963 to help resolve racial problems in North Carolina. In 1964, the committee published The Negro in North Carolina, which furnish...