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Title: Bettye Golden Holloway oral history interview, 2007 April 26
Creator: Holloway, Bettye Golden, 1933-
Date Created: 2007-04-26
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, City and town life, African Americans and libraries, Libraries, African American families, School sports--Social aspects
Description: Bettye Golden Holloway shares her memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood, also known as Second Ward, during the 1930s through 1950s in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Holloway cites the close-knit community spirit of Brooklyn as its greatest streng...

Title: Beverly Bergeson oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Bergeson, Beverly J. (Beverly Johnson), 1917-1998
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Older people--Care, Families, Leisure
Description: Beverly Bergeson discusses growing up in Jamestown, New York during the Great Depression and how the decades prior to World War II impacted her life. Topics discussed include her work with the elderly and the overall changing dynamic of families, ...

Title: Beverly Moore oral history interview, 2005 May 27
Creator: Moore, Beverly, 1947-
Date Created: 2005-05-27
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Special education, Exceptional children, Teachers
Description: Beverly Moore discusses her experience with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed children, and her connection with the open school program in Charlotte. While Ms. Moore began her career in the Columbia, South Carolina school district, she eventu...

Title: Bianka Escobedo-Cortes oral history interview 2021 April 6
Creator: Escobedo Cortes, Bianka
Date Created: 2021-04-06
Description: UNC Charlotte student Bianka Escobedo Cortes discusses her experiences during 2020 with reference to COVID-19, racial injustices, remote learning, and other topics. [All times approximate]. [00:00] Introductions. [01:10] Looking back on 2020. [03:...

Title: Bill Blair Jr. oral history interview, 2007 October 11
Creator: Blair, Bill, Jr., 1938-
Date Created: 2007-10-11
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Distilling, illicit
Description: Bill Blair Jr. recalls the stock car racing career of his father during the late 1940s and 1950s. He describes Bill Sr.'s experiences growing up on a farm with his brothers near High Point, North Carolina. Bill Sr. dabbled in moonshine running and...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 1, 2007 April 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Distilling, Illicit
Description: Bill Brown recalls his career as a stock car racing mechanic during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes his experiences growing up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina and building cars for races at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mr. Brown often prepared cars f...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 2, 2007 June 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-06-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Labor unions
Description: Bill Brown discusses his experiences as a mechanic for racecar drivers Billy and Bobby Myers during the 1950s. He recalls his relationship with the racing brothers and reflects upon his experiences with other racecar drivers such as Fireball Rober...

Title: Bill E. Bost oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Bost, Bill E. (Billy Earl), 1932-1995
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Basketball coaches, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women--Coaching, Basketball teams, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Basketball--Social aspects, Basketball teams, Basketball stories
Description: Former player, coach, and educator Bill Bost discusses his personal experiences around the game of basketball. Living and coaching in Catawba County, North Carolina, Mr. Bost explains the pivotal role basketball serves in a small town, where playe...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 1, 2007 April 4
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Distilling, Illicit, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobile mechanics
Description: In this first of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum describe the racing career of their father, Gordon Mangum, in the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon Mangum raced primarily on Virginia short tracks several times a week during a four month raci...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 2, 2009 April 8
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2009-04-08
Subjects--Topical: Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Distilling, Illicit, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Genealogy
Description: In this second of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum recount the experiences of their father, Gordon, who was a race car driver in the 1940s and 1950s. The Mangum brothers recall their father\u2019s love of short track racing in Virgin...

Title: Bill Veeder oral history interview, 2004 April 23
Creator: Veeder, Bill (William), 1923 or 1924-2011
Date Created: 2004-04-23
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, City planning, Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Housing
Description: Bill Veeder recounts his experiences as the city manager of Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and his involvement with the city's urban renewal program. He discusses working with the Charlotte City Council; the executive director of the C...

Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 1, 2012 September 13
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-09-13
Subjects--Topical: Education, College students, Veterans--Education (Higher), Women college presidents, African Americans--Segregation, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, one of "Bonnie's Boys" and a Charlotte College alumnus, reflects on growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and on Bonnie Cone's influence in his life. He recalls his educatio...

Title: Billy J. Reid oral history interview 2, 2012 December 10
Creator: Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
Date Created: 2012-12-10
Subjects--Topical: Nonprofit organizations, Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Economic conditions, Low-income single mothers, Dependency (Psychology), Fund raising
Description: In this interview, Bill J. Reid, Executive Director of Jackson Park Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares about the history and operations of the organization. He discusses the ministry's campus, explaining its origin as a World War...

Title: Blanche Jaffa and Ben Jaffa Jr. oral history interview, 1990 April 22
Creator: Jaffa, Blanche Goodman, 1903-2000
Date Created: 1990-04-22
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish way of life, Antisemitism, Jews--Persecutions, Discrimination in housing
Description: Blanche Jaffa and her son, Ben Jaffa, Jr., discuss their experiences as members of Charlotte's Jewish community beginning in the 1920s. Ms. Jaffa recalls the early religious services for Reform Jews in Charlotte prior to the founding of Temple Bet...

Title: Blanche Leak Gluyas oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Gluyas, Blanche Leak, 1889-1989
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Stenographers, Telecommunication, Women employees, Manners and customs, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Blanche Leak Gluyas describes her work as a stenographer for Southern Bell in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1900s and 1910s and as a secretary with the State Department during World War II. Other topics discussed include prominent families ...

Title: Blanche Leak Gluyas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 25
Creator: Gluyas, Blanche Leak, 1889-1989
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Amusements, Manners and customs, City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth, Social values
Description: In this second interview for the WSOC project, Blanche Leak Gluyas shares her extensive knowledge about the development of Charlotte since the late 1800s, this time focusing on the city's entertainment and recreation. Other topics include the neig...

Title: Bob Morgan oral history interview, 2015 June 18
Creator: Morgan, Bob (Robert Glenn)
Date Created: 2015-06-18
Subjects--Topical: Boards of Trade, Universities and colleges--Research, Street-railroads
Description: Bob Morgan begins the interview discussing his life and how he became the CEO of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in 2005. He talks about the work of the Chamber and its relevance to UNC Charlotte, which included helping the University as it grew...

Title: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 1, 1996 April 26
Creator: Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
Date Created: 1996-04-26
Subjects--Topical: Christian life, Manners and customs, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Presbyterian Church, Church history
Description: Bobbie Earnhardt discusses her memories of Billy Graham, whom she met when he was about nine years old, and the Graham family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Earnhardt recalls attending Chalmers Memorial ARP Church alongside the Graham family, ...

Title: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
Creator: Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
Date Created: 2002-04-02
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
Description: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...

Title: Bobby Jones oral history interview, 1993 March 8
Creator: Jones, Bobby, 1951-
Date Created: 1993-03-08
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball--Coaching, Professional sports, Sports--Religious aspects--Christianity, Sportsmanship, Christian life, Basketball players--Professional ethics, College sports, College athletes, Basketball fans
Description: Bobby Jones, a former professional player in the NBA, discusses how his faith in Christanity is directly tied to his basketball career. Topics discussed include how his early career in basketball developed his moral and spiritual values and how hi...