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Andy Calhoun oral history interview, 2021 April 6
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Creator
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Calhoun, Andy
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Date Created
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2021-04-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Equality, Social problems--Economic aspects
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Andy Calhoun spent his entire career at the Charlotte YMCA. He started as an assistant youth director in 1972 and retired as CEO in 2016. During that time, he helped manage an era of rapid growth of the Charlotte YMCA, which paralleled the tremend...
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Dean Jones oral history interview, 2021 April 7
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Creator
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Jones, Dean
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Date Created
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2021-04-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Fund raising, Social integration, Equality, COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects
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Dean Jones, a graduate of Davidson College, was hired in 2000 to create a formalized fundraising department for the Charlotte YMCA. He began the interview with a discussion of the tutoring program Project Starfish, one of the Y's early effort...
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Mirrors of privilege
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Subjects--Topical
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Racism, Anti-racism, Race relations, Race awareness, Cultural pluralism, Equality, Multicultural education, Racism, Prejudices, Whites, Race identity, Asian Americans, Race identity, African Americans, Race identity, Race relations, Ethnic relations, Social justice, African Americans, Race identity, Anti-racism, Asian Americans, Race identity, Cultural pluralism, Equality, Ethnic relations, Multicultural education, Prejudices, Race awareness, Race relations, Racism, Social justice, Whites, Race identity
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This film advances the argument that with transformative learning, a dialogue for learning, changing, healing, and undoing race-based oppression can begin. It features the experiences and stories of White women and men who are social justice advoc...
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Pamela Davies oral history interview, 2021 September 22
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Creator
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Davies, Pamela
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Date Created
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2021-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Civic improvement, Social values, Equality
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Description
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As the first female board chair of the Charlotte YMCA, and as a recent board chair of the national YMCA, Pamela Davies brought a broad perspective to this interview. Unlike many other people interviewed, she did not grow up involved in YMCA activi...
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Sidney Freeman oral history interview 1, 2003 May 21
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Creator
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Freeman, Sidney L.
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Date Created
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2003-05-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Education--Political aspects, Trials, litigation, etc., Equality, Race relations, Racism, College teachers, Unitarian churches--Clergy
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Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Freeman, the longtime minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte (UUCC), recounts his involvement in the city's civil rights movement. Originally from Wisconsin, Dr. Freeman moved to Charlotte in 1957 to take the...
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Testing the spread of status value theory
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Author
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Walker, Lisa Slattery, Webster, Murray, 1941-, Bianchi, Alison J.
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Equality
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Description
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How can a nominal descriptive term acquire status beliefs and definitions giving it connotations of differential social worth and competence? Cecilia L. Ridgeway and her associates have developed one theory explaining such effects. Recently Joseph...
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Tom Webb oral history interview, 2021 July 19
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Creator
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Webb, Tom
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Date Created
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2021-07-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Sports, Cities and towns--Growth, Discrimination in public accommodations, Equality, Social Integration
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Description
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Tom Webb grew up in Albemarle, North Carolina, and settled in Charlotte in the 1970s. As a real estate developer, he played a particularly significant role in the YMCA's suburban expansion. He described his work with enthusiasm, going into co...
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XVIII, July 1, 1994 to October 27, 1995
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Bernstein, Mark R., 1930-2015
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Author
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Bernstein, Mark R., 1930-2015
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Date Created
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1994-07-01, 1995-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Diaries, Democracy, Equality, Group identity, History, Philosophy, Philosophy and religion, Politics and government, Race relations, War, World politics