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Title: Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
Creator: Baxter, Andy
Date Created: 1999-06-29
Subjects--Topical: Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
Description: Andy Baxter talks about his experiences as a student at West Charlotte High School, where he was student council president in his senior year. Mr. Baxter reflects on his experiences with racial integration at the school, speaking at length about t...

Title: Anne Batten oral history interview, 1993 July 26
Creator: Batten, Anne, 1914-2006
Date Created: 1993-07-26
Subjects--Topical: City and town life, High school teaching, History--Study and teaching, History--Societies, etc., School integration
Description: Anne Batten discusses growing up in the Dilworth community in Charlotte, North Carolina, her career as a teacher, and the role she played in historic preservation in Mecklenburg County. Subjects include teaching English, French, and history in rur...

Title: Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
Creator: Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
Date Created: 1999-07-17
Subjects--Topical: Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
Description: Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...

Title: Betty Seizinger oral history interview, 1999 June 22
Creator: Seizinger, Betty, 1931-2004
Date Created: 1999-06-22
Subjects--Topical: School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Discrimination in education, De facto school segregation, Teachers, Magnet schools, Busing for school integration, Race relations
Description: Betty Seizinger discusses the history of West Charlotte High School and shares her experiences as a teacher there during the 1980s. Ms. Seizinger describes West Charlotte's challenges and successes in integrating staff and students during the...

Title: Charles McCullough oral history interview, 1993 August 30
Creator: McCullough, Charles, 1932 or 1933-2017
Date Created: 1993-08-30
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 1996-01-20
Subjects--Topical: Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...

Title: Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 1, 1993 June 16
Creator: Randolph, Elizabeth S.
Date Created: 1993-06-16
Subjects--Topical: African American elementary schools, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Racism in education, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Manners and customs, Depressions
Description: In this first interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph describes growing up during the 1920s and 1930s in a family that emphasized education which inspired her dedication as an educator throughout her life in such ...

Title: Evelyn Van Hecke oral history interview, 1999 July 15
Creator: Van Hecke, Evelyn, 1958-
Date Created: 1999-07-15
Subjects--Topical: Art--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, School integration, Race relations, Public schools, High school students, High school students--Societies and clubs
Description: Evelyn Van Hecke recounts her experience as an art teacher at West Charlotte High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics discussed include the role fine arts classes played in bringing students of all backgrounds together, her experiences working w...

Title: Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
Creator: Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
Date Created: 1999-07-14
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
Description: Mary Lou and James "Jim" Babb recount their family's experiences attending West Charlotte High School during the height of school busing for integration in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Topics discussed include t...

Title: Sister Mary Michel Boulus oral history interview, 1993 June 28
Creator: Boulus, Mary Michel, Sister, 1926-2012
Date Created: 1993-06-28
Subjects--Topical: Catholics--Education, Catholic schools, Catholic universities and colleges, Nuns as teachers, School integration, Basketball
Description: Sister Mary Michel Boulus recounts her life and her forty-five year career in Catholic education and administration. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Sister Boulus grew up in Concord and describes the challenges the Catholic community faced th...

Title: Thomas L. Bryant and John Costner oral history interview, 1993 September 29
Creator: Bryant, Thomas L. (Thomas Leroy), 1950-
Date Created: 1993-09-29
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Coaching, School integration, School integration--Social aspects, Race relations, Basketball--Tournaments
Description: 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...