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Title: Ellison Clary oral history interview, 2012 May 25
Creator: Clary, Ellison
Date Created: 2012-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, College students, Civil rights movements, Race relations, College student newspapers and periodicals
Description: In this interview, Mr. Ellison Clary, Charlotte native and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, tells of his experience growing up in Charlotte in the 1950s, attending Charlotte College and UNC Charlotte during the pivotal ye...

Title: James William Kirk oral history interview 2, 2013 November 26
Creator: Kirk, James William, 1925-2014
Date Created: 2013-11-26
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges, Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, Nontraditional college students, Rural development, Public housing
Description: In this interview, James William Kirk, neighbor and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares his knowledge of the institution's present site on Highway 49 and the history of the surrounding area, including his family&a...

Title: Mildred English oral history interview, 2012 September 17
Creator: English, Mildred, 1925-2019
Date Created: 2012-09-17
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, Women college administrators, Nontraditional college students, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Mildred English, Monroe native and long-time employee of Charlotte College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, tells of her personal history and shares her first-hand knowledge of Bonnie Cone. She begins by speaki...

Title: Sidney Freeman oral history interview 1, 2003 May 21
Creator: Freeman, Sidney L.
Date Created: 2003-05-21
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...

Title: William C. Friday oral history interview, 2012 May 1
Creator: Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
Date Created: 2012-05-01
Subjects--Topical: Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Education--Political aspects, Depressions
Description: In this interview, William "Bill" Friday, long-time president of the University of North Carolina System, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone, the founder of Charlotte College. He describes Ms. Cone's drive to establish a university in Charlot...