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Sidney Freeman oral history interview 1, 2003 May 21
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Creator
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Freeman, Sidney L.
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Date Created
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2003-05-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Segregation, Discrimination in education, School integration, Education--Political aspects, Trials, litigation, etc., Equality, Race relations, Racism, College teachers, Unitarian churches--Clergy
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Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Freeman, the longtime minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte (UUCC), recounts his involvement in the city's civil rights movement. Originally from Wisconsin, Dr. Freeman moved to Charlotte in 1957 to take the...
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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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Reginald A. Hawkins oral history interview 1, 2001 June 11
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Creator
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Hawkins, Reginald Armistice, 1923-2007
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Date Created
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2001-06-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American political activists, African Americans--Social conditions, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Segregation, Political participation, Segregation in education, School integration, Trials, litigation, etc.
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In this interview, Dr. Reginald Armistice Hawkins discusses his significant involvement in the African American Civil Rights Movement nationally, within the state of North Carolina, and in Mecklenburg County. Mr. Hawkins candidly describes his exp...
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Julius L. Chambers oral history interview, 1997 October 24
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Creator
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1997-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Segregation in education, Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc., School integration, School integration--Public opinion, Civil rights, Political and social views
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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...
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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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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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Benjamin S. Horack Papers, 1968-1971
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Creator
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Horack, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Shambaugh), 1917-
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Date Created
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1968, 1971
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Description
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Papers of a Charlotte attorney relating to his defense of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts were constitu...
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Series 3, U.S. Supreme Court proceedings
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Horack, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Shambaugh), 1917-
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Date Created
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1968, 1971
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Trials, litigation, etc.
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This series comprises material relating to the appeals of the original Swann suit from the Circuit Court of Appeals, and of the satellite suits from the three judge court, to the U.S. Supreme Court. The decisions of these two courts were appealed ...
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Pleadings in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and related cases
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Creator
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970-02-20, 1970-02-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Brief in behalf of Robert W. Scott, Governor of North Carolina; State Board of Education..; and other pleadings
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Motion for immediate desegregation of the public schools in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, memorandum opinion, and other pleadings in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and related cases
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Pleadings in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and related cases
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970-02-02, 1970-02-19
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and order; and other pleadings in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and related cases
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970-02-26, 1970-02-28
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Interrogatories, answers to interrogatories, and plaintiffs' brief
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1969-02, 1969-03
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Docket and summary of court filings; and miscellaneous pleadings
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Creator
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970-03-02, 1970-03-07
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Statement of Messrs. T.M. Martin, Walter McDaniel and Arthur Lynch, representing black parents and children of Charlotte, North Carolina; and other pleadings and reports
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Motion for injunction pending appeal, memorandum of decision, and other pleadings
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Creator
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1965-07, 1965-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.
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Motion to vacate partial suspension of, and to reinstate an order of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina ordering implementation of a school desegregation plan; and other pleadings
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Chambers, Julius L. (Julius LeVonne), 1936-2013
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Date Created
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1970
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in education, Education--Political aspects, Race relations, Trials, litigation, etc.