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Title: Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
Creator: Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
Date Created: 2001-05-10
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
Description: 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...

Title: Carrie Graves oral history interview, 2005 April 20
Creator: Graves, Carrie, 1936-
Date Created: 2005-04-20
Subjects--Topical: Classroom environment, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Racism, Education, Home economics--Study and teaching, School discipline
Description: 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...

Title: Chris Folk oral history interview 1, 1997 October 16
Creator: Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
Date Created: 1997-10-16
Subjects--Topical: 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.
Description: 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...

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: Freddie and Christine Sanders oral history interview, 2005 February 1
Creator: Sanders, Freddie, 1931-
Date Created: 2005-02-01
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Busing for school integration, Student activities, Students--Social life and customs
Description: Freddie and Christine Sanders reflect on what it was like to be students at the all-black Second Ward High School in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood during segregation in the 1940s and early 1950s. They describe school dances, football game...

Title: It's easy once you get the hang of it.
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-02-22
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: 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

Title: James E. Ferguson II oral history interview, 2001 November 28
Creator: Ferguson, James E. (James Elliott), 1942-
Date Created: 2001-11-28
Subjects--Topical: African American lawyers, Trials, litigation, etc., Racism, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: 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...

Title: Jeanne Brayboy oral history interview, 1997 September 25
Creator: Brayboy, Jeanne, 1930-
Date Created: 1997-09-25
Subjects--Topical: Music--Study and teaching (Elementary), Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Busing for school integration, Race relations
Description: Jeanne Brayboy recounts her life, career as an elementary school music teacher, and firsthand experience of Charlotte's schools before and after integration. She moved to Charlotte after college and began teaching in segregated black schools, whic...

Title: Jeffrey L. Nance oral history interview, 1997 September 30
Creator: Nance, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lane), 1956-
Date Created: 1997-09-30
Subjects--Topical: School integration, Segregation in education, Race relations, Educational equalization, Busing for school integration, Busing for school integration--Public opinion, Race riots
Description: Computer programmer Jeffrey Nance, a native of the Charlotte region, discusses his experiences attending Garinger High School during school integration in the early 1970s. Mr. Nance was finishing the eighth grade when the Supreme Court determined ...

Title: Judge Pou Bailey cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-09-23
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration
Description: Topics include: School desegregation; Busing for school integration; James H. Pou Bailey

Title: Julius L. Chambers oral history interview, 1997 October 24
Creator: Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
Date Created: 1997-10-24
Subjects--Topical: Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc., School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Civil rights, Political and social views
Description: Charlotte attorney Julius L. Chambers, who represented the plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, talks at length about the integration of schools in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County during the late 196...

Title: Kathleen Crosby oral history interview, 2001 October 1
Creator: Crosby, Kathleen R. (Kathleen Ross), 1925-2012
Date Created: 2001-10-01
Subjects--Topical: Early childhood education, School management and organization, African American school principals, Early childhood education--Administration, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Racism, Threats of violence
Description: Kathleen Crosby recounts her forty-year career as an educator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), as well as her involvement in the civil rights movement in Charlotte. She describes the conditions for African Americans living under Jim Crow in...

Title: Kelly Alexander Jr. oral history interview 1, 2001 May 1
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Date Created: 2001-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Political leadership, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Education, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Kelly Alexander Jr., the son of local, state, and national NAACP leader and local businessman Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. and Margaret Alexander, recounts his active involvement in civil rights in Charlotte, North Carolina and the larger community. He...

Title: Madelyn Wilson oral history interview, 2002 February 2
Creator: Wilson, Madelyn Joyce S., 1953-
Date Created: 2002-02-01
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Segregation in education, School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Busing for school integration
Description: Madelyn Wilson describes her experiences growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, particularly as a student in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system as it underwent the process of integration during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She explains h...