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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2006-12-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African American families, Segregation, Segregation in education, Race relations, Corporal punishment of children, Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations
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Description
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In the first of three interviews, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her early life in the Third Ward and Brookhill neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her family and neighborhood, and her experiences attending the seg...
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1123-1125 Spring Street
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1965-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Caption on back: "#37."
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Title
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2023 Custer Street
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1965-08-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Number in image: 106.
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Title
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2028 Custer Street
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1965-08-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Number in image: 107.
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Title
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2115-2117 Custer Street
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1965-08-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Number in image: 115.
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Title
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2127 LaSalle Street image 1
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1965-08-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Number in image: 104.
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Title
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2127 LaSalle Street image 2
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Creator (Corporate)
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Charlotte Redevelopment Commission
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Date Created
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1965-08-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, City planning, Municipal government, Community development, Urban, Lost architecture, Dwellings, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Number in image: 105.
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Title
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Allegra Westbrooks oral history interview, 2007 March 12
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Creator
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Westbrooks, Allegra M. (Allegra Marea), 1921-
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Date Created
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2007-03-12
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African Americans and libraries, Public libraries, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Race relations
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Description
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Allegra Westbrooks recounts her thirty-six year career as head of library services at the segregated Brevard Street Library, located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, and later in the Charlotte-M...
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Anne Steele oral history interview, 2015 April 11
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Creator
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Steele, Anne, 1930-
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Date Created
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2015-04-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American neighborhoods
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Description
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Anne Steele recalls initially moving to the Historic Washington Heights community in Charlotte North Carolina to provide assistance to her aging aunt in the 1990s. Thinking about the twenty years she has spent living in the neighborhood, she remem...
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Arneichia Green oral history interview, 2016 April 20
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Creator
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Green, Arneichia, 1965-
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Date Created
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2016-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Gentrification, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
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Description
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Arneichia Green discusses the Optimist Park neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she has lived since 1997. She stresses her appreciation for the opportunity to move into a Habitat home through the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project...
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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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Arthur Wallace Sr. oral history interview, 2004 March 18
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Creator
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Wallace, Arthur, 1916-
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Date Created
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2004-03-18
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Amusements, Urban renewal
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Description
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Arthur Wallace Sr. shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He focuses on his experiences attending Friendship Baptist Missionary Church, which he joined in 1933, including church le...
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Barbara C. Steele oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Steele, Barbara C., 1932-2005
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, Eminent domain, African Americans--Housing, African American families, Sports--Social aspects
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Description
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Barbara Steele recounts her childhood and life in Brooklyn, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, before it was torn down during urban renewal in the 1960s. She describes how close-knit and self-sufficient the comm...
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Barbara Davis Crawford oral history interview, 2004 March 27
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Creator
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Crawford, Barbara Davis, 1943-
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Date Created
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2004-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention, African Americans--Education, School sports--Social aspects, African American schools, Teacher-student relationships, African American business enterprises, African American churches, Urban renewal
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Description
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Barbara Crawford shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes some of the homes that she lived in growing up, and a house fire that destroyed her family's possess...
