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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2006-12-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African American families, Segregation, Segregation in education, Race relations, Corporal punishment of children, Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations
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Description
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In the first of three interviews, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her early life in the Third Ward and Brookhill neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her family and neighborhood, and her experiences attending the seg...
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Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
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Creator
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Baxter, Andy
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Date Created
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1999-06-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
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Description
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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...
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C. Vanessa Baxter oral history interview, 2004 December 21
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Creator
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Baxter, C. Vanessa, 1954-2007
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Date Created
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2004-12-21
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Subjects--Topical
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African American students, Discrimination in education, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Race relations, School violence, Foreign study
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Description
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Vanessa Baxter describes her experiences as a student in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools from 1959 through the early 1970s, focusing in particular on the impact of integration. Ms. Baxter describes attending an all-black elementary school, then movi...
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Calvin and Naomi Davis oral history interview, 2004 November 23
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Creator
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Davis, Calvin C., 1925-2007
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Date Created
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2004-11-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Education--Parent participation, Educational tests and measurements, African American teachers, School discipline, Segregation in education, School integration, Students--Academic workload, Students--Attitudes
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Description
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Calvin and Naomi Davis describe their experiences as students, teachers, parents, and grandparents in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, and reflect on the significant changes in education during their lifetimes. They discuss both the challe...
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Carrie Graves oral history interview, 2005 April 20
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Creator
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Graves, Carrie, 1936-
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Date Created
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2005-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Classroom environment, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Racism, Education, Home economics--Study and teaching, School discipline
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Description
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Carrie Graves describes her experience growing up in Cherry, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her education at the segregated Morgan Elementary School and Second Ward High School during the 1940s thro...
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools 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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1970-08-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Segregation in education, School integration
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Description
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Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; School integration; School desegregation
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Chris Folk oral history interview 1, 1997 October 16
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1997-10-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, De facto school segregation, Magnet schools, Race relations, School districts--Planning, School enrollment, School integration, School management and organization, Segregation in education, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Description
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In this 1997 interview, Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts the school system's history of desegregation in light of the filing of Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools earlier that yea...
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Cynthia Roddey oral history interview, 2004 May 17
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Creator
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Roddey, Cynthia P. (Cynthia Plair)
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Date Created
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2004-05-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Education, African American families, Middle class African Americans, African American schools, Teachers, Segregation in education, Civil rights movements, Race relations, School integration, Social values
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Description
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Dr. Cynthia Roddey describes her education in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina and her experiences as a teacher after graduation. She attended segregated schools during the 1950s, including Biddleville Elementary and Immanue...
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David Hunter oral history interview 2, 2005 April 14
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Creator
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Hunter, David, 1933-
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Date Created
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2005-04-14
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Social conditions, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Race relations, Segregation, Segregation in education, African American schools, College integration, Social integration, Education, Civil rights demonstrations
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Description
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David Lee Hunter chronicles his experiences growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during segregation in the 1940s and 1950s to later living and working in an integrated society. Mr. Hunter describes working as a teenager during the 1940s at the ...
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Elaine Lynch oral history interview, 2004 April 27
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Creator
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Lynch, Elaine, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004-04-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Teachers, African American schools, African American families, African American churches, Segregation, Segregation in education, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, School integration, Civil rights movements
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Description
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Elaine Lynch discusses her home and family life while growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s. She recounts attending York Road High School and other segregated schools; interactions with white children; spending summers...
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Ernest Henderson oral history interview, 2004 March 9
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Creator
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Henderson, Ernest, Sr., 1917-2011
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Date Created
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2004-03-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Family farms, Farm life, Molasses, African American schools, Segregation in education, Segregation, Military education, Air pilots, Military, African American air pilots, Flight training, Armed Forces, War
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Ernest Henderson talks about his experiences as an African American growing up in Mountville, South Carolina during the 1920s and later serving in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor during World War II. Mr. Henderson describes attending hig...
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Gwendolyn Burris oral history interview, 2016 March 16
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Creator
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Burris, Gwendolyn, 1954-
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Date Created
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2016-03-16
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Subjects--Topical
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School integration, Gentrification, Segregation in education, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Gwendolyn Burris is a Charlotte native who moved to the Optimist Park community in 1987. She shares her memories of growing up in downtown Charlotte and details some of the challenges her family faced, including school integration in the early 197...
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Henry Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Heath, Henry, 1942-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Music, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Gentrification, Urban poor--Social conditions, Segregation in education, Racism, Civil rights movements
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Description
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Henry Heath, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, describes his life and his involvement in the Optimist Park community since 1987. Mr. Heath details his childhood growing up close to Beatties Ford Road, including his education at segregated loc...
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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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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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It's easy once you get the hang of it.
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1970-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
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Topics include: Robert W. Scott; Lester Maddox; United States Southern governors; School integration; School desegregation; Busing for school integration; North Carolina politics and government; Georgia politics and government
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Jacqueline Nelson oral history interview, 2015 November 9
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Creator
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Nelson, Jacqueline Dunham
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Date Created
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2015-11-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Teachers, Segregation in education
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Description
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Jacqueline Nelson describes the Druid Hills community in Charlotte North Carolina, (formerly known as Edison Heights,) during the 1950s. Ms. Nelson's family moved into their home in 1952 and she fondly remembers her childhood and the close-kn...
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James E. Ferguson II oral history interview, 2001 November 28
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Creator
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Ferguson, James E. (James Elliott), 1942-
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Date Created
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2001-11-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African American lawyers, Trials, litigation, etc., Racism, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
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James Ferguson, a partner at the first integrated law firm in North Carolina, recounts his life's work fighting for civil rights in the state. His involvement with social justice began when he was still in high school, where he helped found the As...
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Janet S. Gamble and Delores A. Crowder oral history interview 1, 2004 January 12
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Creator
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Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation in education, Rural schools, Corporal punishment of children, Student activities
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Description
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In this first of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenwa...
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Janet S. Gamble and Delores A. Crowder oral history interview 2, 2004 February 23
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Creator
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Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
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Date Created
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2004-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African American elementary schools, African American school children, Segregation in education, Rural schools, School integration
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Description
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In this second of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenw...