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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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Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
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Creator
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Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
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Date Created
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2001-05-10
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
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Description
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Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...
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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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Daisy Dunlap oral history interview, 2001 October 27
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Creator
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Dunlap, Daisy, 1934-
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Date Created
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2001-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Community gardens, African Americans--Segregation, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Race relations, Vegetable gardening, Segregation in education
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Daisy Mae Dunlap discusses how gardening influenced her life while growing up in York, South Carolina and later, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Dunlap describes how her family wasn't that negatively affected b...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 1, June 20, 2001
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Creator
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2001-06-20
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations
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Description
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Daisy Spears Stroud, a native of Charlotte, recounts her experiences growing up in the First Ward neighborhood and her career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system before and during desegregation in the 1950s-1970s. She describes her experien...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 2, 2005 February 3
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Creator
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2005-02-03
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Race relations, Racism in education, School discipline
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Description
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Daisy Spears Stroud describes her life and experiences as an educator in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Stroud's teaching career spanned the transition from racially segregated to integrated education, and she describes working...
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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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Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 1, 1993 June 16
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Creator
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Randolph, Elizabeth S.
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Date Created
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1993-06-16
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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 ...
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Elizabeth Randolph oral history interview 2, 1993 July 13
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Creator
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Randolph, Elizabeth S.
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Date Created
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1993-07-13
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social life and customs, African Americans--Education, Segregation in education, Manners and customs, Depressions
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In this second interview with Jennifer Greeson for the Levine Museum, Elizabeth Randolph continues to discuss the importance of education to her family and within the African American community. She recalls her experiences attending high school in...
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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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Evelyn Choate oral history interview, 2003 February 24
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Creator
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Choate, Evelyn B., 1911-2007
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Date Created
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2003-02-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Teaching, Rural schools, Amusements, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, Religious gatherings, Christian life, Church history
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Evelyn Brown Choate, a retired teacher, recounts her experiences during the Great Depression as an orphan in North Carolina. Ms. Choate talks about her family's farm, attending Flora MacDonald College and teaching grade school in Fayetteville, Nor...
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Geraldine T. Powe oral history interview, 2005 March 20
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Creator
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Powe, Geraldine T. (Geraldine Torrence), 1922-2012
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Date Created
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2005-03-20
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, African American schools, African American school children, School discipline, Corporal punishment of children, School integration, Race discrimination, Public welfare, Voluntarism, Values--Religious aspects--Christianity
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Geraldine Powe discusses her education in segregated schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. She talks about positive relationships between parents and teachers; living briefly in New York City as a student; school discipline, including paddling in ...
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Girvaud Justice oral history interview 1, 2006 August 6
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Creator
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Justice, Girvaud, 1944-
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Date Created
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2006-08-06
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Segregation in education, Racism in education, Civil rights, African American families, Urban renewal, Soap box derbies, African Americans and libraries
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Description
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Girvaud Justice was one of four African American students who attended all-white schools in Charlotte in 1957 as a challenge to the city's slow response to desegregate schools, which had been mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. B...