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Alex Jutila oral history interview, 2019 October 29
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Creator
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Jutila, Alex
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Date Created
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2019-10-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Student movements, Education, Higher, Civil rights movements
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Alex Jutila, a former student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and co-founder of Customer 49, a student activist group active from 2015-2018, explains how he started Customer 49 with Noe Pliego Campos. Topics discussed include the ...
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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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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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Arthur Stinson oral history interview, 2007 April 23
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Creator
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Stinson, Arthur L. (Arthur Lee), 1933-2013
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Date Created
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2007-04-23
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, City and town life, Amusements
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Description
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Arthur L. Stinson recounts his experiences growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses schools and businesses in Brooklyn, working as a teenager in the coal yard and wood yard, and ...
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Benjamin Chavis Jr. oral history interview, 2005 February 7
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Creator
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Chavis, Ben, 1948-
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Date Created
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2005-02-07
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, African American college students--Political activity, African American student movements, Chemistry, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, College integration, Race relations, Racism, Segregation, Student movements
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Dr. Benjamin Chavis recounts his involvement in the black student movement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when he was one of a small but politically active cohort of African...
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Brett Gilbert oral history interview, 2006 October 26
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Creator
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Gilbert, Brett, 1941-
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Date Created
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2006-10-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Country life, Social values, Soldiers, Civil rights movements
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Description
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Brett Gilbert recounts his life and experiences in Lincoln County and in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up on a dairy farm in rural Lincoln County, Mr. Gilbert explains how most people were poor farmers and that with the exception of atomic bo...
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Calvin L. Brown oral history interview, 2004 April 27
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Creator
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Brown, Calvin L. (Calvin Lee), 1935-
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Date Created
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2007-04-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American lawyers, Discrimination in public accommodations, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal, African American churches, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Calvin Brown shares his memories of living in Charlotte, North Carolina during a time when segregation was being challenged by civil rights groups. He moved to Charlotte in 1961 after completing law school, and discusses representing clients, part...
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Charles Jones oral history interview 1, 2005 May 18
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2005-05-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights--Religious aspects, Racism, Segregation, Nonviolence
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Description
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J. Charles Jones--civil rights activist, Freedom Rider, and founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)--recounts his early life growing up in the Carolinas and his involvement in the civil rights movement. A native of ...
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Charles Jones oral history interview 2, 2007 April 25
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Creator
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Jones, Charles, 1937-
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Date Created
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2007-04-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American business enterprises, African American churches, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, African American families, City and town life, Civil rights movements, Urban renewal
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Description
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Charles Jones shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He describes the sense of community pride in Brooklyn's residents and their close-knit relationships, differences between Charl...
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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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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 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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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 1, circa 2004-2006
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2004, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Race relations
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Description
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins was the first African American student to attend the all-white Harding High School as part of the Charlotte City Schools' first reluctant attempt at school desegregation in 1957. In this interview, Mrs. Counts-Scoggins refl...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 2, 2006 December 10
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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2006-12-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, African American neighborhoods, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts her experience growing up in the Biddleville community in the 1950s, including being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses her four days at ...
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins oral history interview 3, 1996 January 20
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Creator
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Counts-Scoggins, Dorothy, 1942-
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Date Created
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1996-01-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Busing for school integration, Civil rights movements, School integration, Racism in education, De facto school segregation, African Americans--Education (Secondary), African Americans--Civil rights, African American families
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Dorothy Counts-Scoggins recounts being the first African American student to integrate Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of fifteen. Topics discussed include the remainder of her secondary education, Charlotte busing and ...
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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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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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Ellison Clary oral history interview, 2012 May 25
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Clary, Ellison
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Date Created
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2012-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, College students, Civil rights movements, Race relations, College student newspapers and periodicals
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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...
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H. Parry Bliss, Jr. oral history interview, 2015 October 22
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Creator
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Bliss, H. Parry, Jr.
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Date Created
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2015-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Civil rights movements, College student newspapers and periodicals, College yearbooks, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, Education, Higher, September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
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In this interview H. Parry Bliss, Jr., alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares memories of his time as a student at the university, particularly of his senior year in 1969. He recalls his impressions of Bonnie Cone and rec...
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Henry Heath oral history interview, 2015 October 17
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Creator
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Heath, Henry, 1942-
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Date Created
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2015-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Music, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Gentrification, Urban poor--Social conditions, Segregation in education, Racism, Civil rights movements
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Henry Heath, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, describes his life and his involvement in the Optimist Park community since 1987. Mr. Heath details his childhood growing up close to Beatties Ford Road, including his education at segregated loc...
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Humphrey Cummings oral history interview, 2004 December 14
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Creator
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Cummings, Humphrey
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Date Created
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2004-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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African American college students, Student movements, African American college students--Political activity, School integration, African American neighborhoods, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Charlotte attorney Humphrey Cummings shares his memories of his time as an African American student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. As one out of a class of around thirty blac...
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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...