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William Wood correspondence
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1963-06-18, 1963-06-21
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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William W. Crymes Sr. correspondence
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1961-08-09, 1961-08-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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William U. Harris oral history interview, 2004 May 4
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Creator
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Harris, William Ussery, 1936-
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Date Created
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2004-05-04
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, Segregation in education, Manners and customs, African American neighborhoods, African American school children, African American families, Education
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Description
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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 ...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 1, 1992 Spring
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Carriages and carts, Christian life, Plantations, Family farms, Cotton, Freedmen, Farm life, Education, Livestock, African Americans--Segregation, Sharecropping
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Description
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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...
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William H. Barnhardt correspondence
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1961-08-07, 1962-01-05
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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William Frank Bonham oral history interview, 2006 November 16
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Creator
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Bonham, William Frank, 1927-
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Date Created
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2006-11-16
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Subjects--Topical
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African American business enterprises, African Americans--Segregation, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal--Social aspects
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Description
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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...
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William C. Patrick correspondence
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1963-07-07, 1963-10-08
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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William Bagwell correspondence
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1963-09-10, 1963-09-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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Will Hollisby oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Hollisby, Will, approximately 1903-
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, City and town life, Transportation
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Description
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Will Hollisby recounts his fifty-seven years living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Topics include working as a landscaper for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and for private homeowners in Myers Park; using trains, trolleys, and buses within Charlotte an...
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Title
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Who is my neighbor
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1964-02-06
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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Walter Dial oral history interview, 2004 May 12
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Creator
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Dial, Walter, 1931-
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Date Created
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2004-05-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Segregation in education, Racism, Race relations, Student activities, Manners and customs
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Description
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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 ...
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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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Description
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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...
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W.O. Conrad correspondence
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Creator
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Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
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Date Created
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1963-11-08, 1963-11-22
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights, Discrimination in public accommodations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, Municipal government, Race relations, Politics and government
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Viola Boyd oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
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Creator
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Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
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Date Created
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2004-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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 ...