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Baxter Wilson oral history interview, 1993 March 9
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Creator
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Wilson, Baxter, 1917-2002
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Date Created
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1993-03-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball coaches, Basketball stories, Gymnasiums
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Description
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Baxter Wilson discusses playing basketball at Berryhill High School and in youth leagues in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1930s. He talks about the director of the YMCA, Carl Link, who organized youth basketball leagues in Charlotte and dro...
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Burrell Brown oral history interview, 1993 March 31
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Creator
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Brown, Burrell P. (Burrell Peterson), Jr., 1917-2001
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Date Created
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1993-03-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, African American schools, African Americans--Segregation, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball for children, Discipline of children, School sports--Social aspects, Sports uniforms, Basketball players, Basketball for girls, Basketball stories, Basketball--Training
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Burrell Brown shares his memories of coaching basketball at Ridgeview High School, a segregated school for African American students in Hickory, North Carolina, beginning in 1948. He discusses how he improved his coaching by reading books by notab...
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Charles McCullough oral history interview, 1993 August 30
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Creator
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McCullough, Charles, 1932 or 1933-2017
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Date Created
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1993-08-30
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Subjects--Topical
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School sports, Track and field, Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, School integration, Basketball for girls, Basketball for women
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Charles McCullough discusses his experiences playing high school and college sports, and his career as athletics coach at West Charlotte High School beginning in the 1960s. He attended West Charlotte High School as well as coaching there as an adu...
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Charlotte basketball tournaments cartoon
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1969-03-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball
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Description
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Topics include: ACC Men's Basketball Tournament; Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament; NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
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Dan Davis oral history interview, 1993 November 10
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Creator
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Davis, Dan S. (Daniel Shaw), 1905-2000
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Date Created
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1993-10-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women, Basketball stories, Transportation
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Dan Davis describes playing and coaching basketball in and around Union County, North Carolina. After his graduation from UNC Chapel Hill in 1928, he came back to Union County to teach and coach men's and women's basketball, as well as baseball. H...
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Ed Peeler oral history interview, 1993 May 7
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Creator
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Peeler, Ed
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Date Created
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1993-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, College athletes--Scholarships, fellowships, etc., High school athletes, Race relations, Television broadcasting of sports, Academic achievement
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Description
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Ed Peeler describes his career as a high school basketball and football coach at Mooresboro High School and Crest High School in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Mr. Peeler discusses notable students he coached, including David Thompson, and thei...
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Gladys Worthy oral history interview, 1993 May 6
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Creator
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Worthy, Gladys, 1931-1994
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Date Created
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1993-05-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball players, Basketball stories, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, High school student activities, Parenting
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Gladys Worthy, a former basketball player for Highland High School in Gastonia, North Carolina during the 1948-1950 seasons, recalls her sports career. She reflects on the many advantages high school basketball afforded her, including the chance t...
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He gets this way after every ACC.
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1971-03-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, College sports, Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments
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Description
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Topics include: ACC Men's Basketball Tournament; College basketball; Sports
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Herman Cunningham oral history interview, 1993 September 7
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Creator
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Cunningham, Herman, 1928-2018
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Date Created
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1993-09-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports--Social aspects, Segregation in education, Sports for women, Country life, School discipline
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Description
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Herman Cunningham recounts playing on the basketball team during the 1940s at Winchester High School, a segregated school for African Americans in Monroe, North Carolina. Mr. Cunningham describes how the school partially burned down in the 1930s a...
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Jeff Brafford oral history interview, 1993 May 12
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Creator
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Brafford, Jeff
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Date Created
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1993-05-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair basketball players, Basketball--Tournaments, Fund raising, Basketball--Rules, Wheelchair sports, Wheelchairs, Athletes with disabilities, Sports for people with disabilities, Basketball stories, Exhibition games
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Description
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Jeff Brafford, a wheelchair basketball player with a mobility impairment, shares his experiences playing wheelchair basketball with the Charlotte Cyclones in Charlotte, North Carolina. He talks about the history of wheelchair basketball which star...
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Karen Wimberly oral history interview, 1993 October 15
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Creator
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Wimberley, Karen
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Date Created
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1993-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball fans, School sports--Coaching, Basketball for girls--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Sex discrimination in sports
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Karen Wimberly describes her career coaching the girls basketball team at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Mrs. Wimberly talks about witnessing the Bandys girls basketball team participate in the district championship when she was yo...
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Lincolnton High School players oral history interview, 1993 September 28
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Creator
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Carter, Betty Langley
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Date Created
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1993-09-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Travel
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Description
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Betty Carter, Ramona Hinkle, Billie Martin, and Nancy Boulware describe their experiences playing for the Lincolnton High School women's basketball team during the 1950s. They talk about playing basketball throughout elementary and middle school, ...
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Maurice Peabody oral history interview, 1993 April 30
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Creator
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Peabody, Maurice E., 1913-2000
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Date Created
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1993-04-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Basketball stories, College sports, Basketball teams, School sports
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Description
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Maurice Peabody discusses his experiences playing basketball for Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte YMCA, and Davidson College during the 1930s. Mr. Peabody recounts some of the most memorable games he played over his ...
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Otis Skipper oral history interview, 1993 June 6
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Creator
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Skipper, Otis S. (Otis Sanford), 1917-2002
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Date Created
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1993-01-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball teams, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Sports--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Rules, Basketball stories, Depressions, Discrimination in sports
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Description
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Otis Skipper recounts his experiences playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina from the 1930s-1950s. He describes starting to play at the age of twelve at the YMCA, and discusses how the athletic director, Carl Link, was instrumental in org...
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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost oral history interview, 1993 October 22
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Creator
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Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013
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Date Created
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1993-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Young Men's Christian associations, Youth league basketball, Basketball for children, Basketball--Tournaments, Sports administration, Sports, Softball, Mills and mill-work, Concessions (Amusements, etc.), Youth--Societies and clubs
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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost discuss their careers and experiences with the YMCA. Mr. Baker worked for the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 40 years, and he describes sports programs at the YMCA for children and adults fro...
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The big lift!
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1969-03-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball
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Description
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Topics include: ACC Men's Basketball Tournament; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
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Thomas L. Bryant and John Costner oral history interview, 1993 September 29
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Creator
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Bryant, Thomas L. (Thomas Leroy), 1950-
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Date Created
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1993-09-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Coaching, School integration, School integration--Social aspects, Race relations, Basketball--Tournaments
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Thomas L. "Tommy" Bryant and John Costner share their experiences playing on the Ashley High School basketball team in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1967, during the first year of integration at the school. John Costner, a Black student, transferred...
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Tom Scott oral history interview, 1993 July 2
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Creator
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Scott, Tom, 1908-1993
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Date Created
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1993-07-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, College sports, College athletes--Scholarships, fellowships, etc., Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball--Economic aspects, Television broadcasting of sports, Discrimination in sports, African Americans--Segregation, Basketball players
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Description
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Tom Scott describes his coaching career and his role as the NCAA Basketball Committee chairman, in which he helped bring many basketball tournament events to North Carolina. Mr. Scott talks about his career as head coach for both UNC Chapel Hill a...
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Vada Hewins and John Shayle Edwards oral history interview, 1993 March 15
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Creator
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Hewins, Vada
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Date Created
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1993-03-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Farm life, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching
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Description
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Vada Hewins and her son, John Shayle Edwards, describe their early experiences playing basketball in Catawba County, North Carolina. Vada Hewins goes into detail about how the rules and regulations pertaining to women's basketball had evolved from...
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Well, the night wasn't a total loss.
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1971-03-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Metropolitan government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments
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Description
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Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commission; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County consolidation; ACC Men's Basketball Tournament; College basketball; Sports