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Title: Merwin Edsel Foard oral history interview 2, 2014 February 28
Creator: Foard, Merwin E. (Merwin Edsel), Sr., 1931-2019
Date Created: 2014-02-28
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, College students, Veterans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Public speaking
Description: In this second of two interviews, Merwin Edsel Foard, native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and 1957 graduate of Charlotte College, continues to share about his experience attending the school. He begins by mentioning his service in the Korean War ...

Title: Merwin Edsel Foard oral history interview 1, 2014 February 4
Creator: Foard, Merwin E. (Merwin Edsel), Sr., 1931-2019
Date Created: 2014-02-04
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, College students, Emigration and immigration, Colonists, African Americans--Segregation, Providence and government of God
Description: In this first of two interviews, Merwin Edsel Foard, Charlotte native and graduate of Charlotte College, reflects on his life history and his conviction of divine providence throughout his life. He recounts the Foard family's deep rooted conn...

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: 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: Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-06-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
Description: In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...

Title: Harold Pulley oral history interview 1, 2012 May 31
Creator: Pulley, Harold
Date Created: 2012-05-31
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Interracial marriage, Racially mixed children, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Lynching, Enslavement
Description: In this first of four interviews, Harold Pulley, North Carolina native and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, begins by discussing his family background including his father's acquisition of farmland in return for const...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 3, 2011 September 26
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-26
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Social service, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Eugenics, Mentally ill--Care
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982 continues to recount his experiences administering Green Acres. He discusses its transition from public to private control,...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 2, 2011 September 14
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-14
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, Dairy farming, Laundries, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, continues to describe life at the rest home from his childhood through his time as superintendent. He shares memories of s...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 1, 2011 September 6
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-06
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, describes what life was like at the Mecklenburg County Home (later Green Acres Rest Home) during his childhood years when ...

Title: Call Me, Mister Leadership Institute remarks
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2010-07-14
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, College integration, Students--Social conditions, Community leadership, Teachers and community
Description: Remarks given at Clemson University.

Title: Black History Month Convocation remarks
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2009-02-03
Subjects--Topical: African American History Month, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Equality, Community leadership
Description: Remarks given at Seabrook Auditorium, Fayetteville State University.

Title: Dianne Wyche oral history interview, 2007 April 28
Creator: Wyche, F. Dianne (Fannye Dianne), 1945-
Date Created: 2007-04-28
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American physicians, Race relations, Urban renewal, Youth--Societies and clubs, African Americans--Housing, Medical care, African American families, Middle class African Americans
Description: Dianne Wyche shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina also known as Second Ward. She recalls her father Dr. Rudolph Wyche and his medical practice in Brooklyn, including the types of surgeries he would perform,...

Title: Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
Creator: Brown, Calvin L. (Calvin Lee), 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American lawyers, Discrimination in public accommodations, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal, African American churches, African American neighborhoods
Description: Calvin Brown shares his memories of living in Charlotte, North Carolina during a time when segregation was being challenged by civil rights groups. He moved to Charlotte in 1961 after completing law school, and discusses representing clients, part...

Title: Bettye Golden Holloway oral history interview, 2007 April 26
Creator: Holloway, Bettye Golden, 1933-
Date Created: 2007-04-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, City and town life, African Americans and libraries, Libraries, African American families, School sports--Social aspects
Description: Bettye Golden Holloway shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward, during the 1930s through 1950s in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Holloway cites the close-knit community spirit of Brooklyn as its greatest streng...

Title: Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
Creator: Jones, Charles, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City and town life, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal
Description: Charles Jones shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He describes the sense of community pride in Brooklyn's residents and their close-knit relationships, differences between Charl...

Title: Arthur Stinson oral history interview, 2007 April 23
Creator: Stinson, Arthur L. (Arthur Lee), 1933-2013
Date Created: 2007-04-23
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, City and town life, Amusements
Description: Arthur L. Stinson recounts his experiences growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses schools and businesses in Brooklyn, working as a teenager in the coal yard and wood yard, and ...

Title: John Murphy oral history interview, 2007 April 15
Creator: Murphy, John Matthew, Jr., 1935-2012
Date Created: 2007-04-15
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Teachers, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dentistry, Community organization, Urban renewal
Description: John Murphy shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and his career as a dentist in Charlotte. He describes his experience attending school in Brooklyn, including the importance of r...

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: Daisy Stroud oral history interview 3, 2007 April 12
Creator: Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
Date Created: 2007-04-12
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African American schools, Urban renewal, African American churches, Scholarships
Description: Native Charlottean Daisy Stroud shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. Ms. Stroud was a resident of First Ward, and speaks about Brooklyn being an exciting place to visit that was ...

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...