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Title: Daisy Shipp oral history interview, 2004 March 24
Creator: Shipp, Daisy, 1944-
Date Created: 2004-03-24
Subjects--Topical: African American business enterprises, Nurses, School integration, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Racism, Urban renewal, Racism in medicine
Description: Gastonia, North Carolina native Daisy Shipp recounts her experiences as a nurse in the Charlotte region during the 1970s when the medical field in Charlotte was beginning to integrate. She discusses the training process of becoming a nurse as well...

Title: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
Creator: Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
Date Created: 2004, 2006
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
Description: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...

Title: Jeffrey Leak oral history interview, 2004 April 5
Creator: Leak, Jeffrey B., 1968-
Date Created: 2004-04-05
Subjects--Topical: Interracial friendship, Middle class African Americans, Race relations, School integration, Social integration, Urban renewal, Gentrification, Affirmative action programs, Civil rights movements, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: UNC Charlotte professor Jeffrey Leak discusses his family's history in the Charlotte, North Carolina region and recounts his experiences growing up in West Charlotte and attending recently integrated schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school sys...

Title: Marty Johnson Saunders oral history interview 1, 2006 November 28
Creator: Saunders, Margaret Johnson, 1933-
Date Created: 2006-11-28
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, Middle class African Americans, Segregation in education, School integration, Racism in education, Race relations, Urban renewal, Social values, Teachers
Description: Charlotte native Marty Saunders talks about her life, family, and career as a teacher. She recounts growing up in the Biddleville neighborhood, and how her family emphasized the importance of education. Mrs. Saunders describes attending West Charl...

Title: Terry Tiamd oral history interview, 2007 April 27
Creator: Tiamd, Terry
Date Created: 2004-05-02
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Education, Segregation in education, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African American elementary schools, Segregation in transportation, Youth--Societies and clubs, Civil rights movements, School integration, African Americans--Social conditions, Community organization
Description: Terry Tiamd recalls growing up in the Paw Creek community, which was later annexed by Charlotte, North Carolina, and differences that she perceived before and after desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. She discusses having to walk a mile to atten...