Brooklyn Oral History
Brooklyn Oral History
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    Savoy Theatre on S. McDowell St. Undated. Hank Daniel, Staff - The Charlotte Observer
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    2nd St. between Caldwell & Brevard, Brooklyn neighborhood. Undated. Tom Walters, Staff - The Charlotte Observer
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  • About this Project
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    • Note of Thanks
  • Interviews
    • Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
    • Second Ward Alumni
    • Olaf Abraham
    • Kelly Alexander
    • Margaret Alexander
    • James Black
    • Christine Bowser
    • Calvin Brown
    • Don Bryant
    • Charles Clyburn
    • Barbara Davis Crawford
    • Calvin C. Davis
    • Naomi A. Davis
    • Price Davis
    • Morgan Edwards
    • Thereasea Elder
    • Vermelle Diamond Ely
    • Rosena Gaines
    • Delores Giles
    • William Harris
    • Reginald Hawkins
    • Vernon Herron
    • Betty Golden Holloway
    • Johnny Holloway
    • Wright Hunter
    • Ida James
    • Charles Jones
    • Walter “Buck” Kennedy
    • Frances Leach
    • Doretha Leak
    • Lem Long
    • John McCarroll
    • Mary S. McGill
    • John Murphy
    • Mae Orr
    • Connie Patton
    • Richard Petersheim
    • Mary Poe
    • James Polk
    • James Ross II
    • Vernon Sawyer
    • Dorothy Shipman
    • H. Milton Short, Jr.
    • Curtina Simmons
    • Barbara C. Steele
    • James “Slack” Steele
    • Arthur Stinson
    • Daisy Stroud
    • John Thrower
    • Bill Veeder
    • Arthur Wallace, Sr.
    • George A. Wallace, Sr.
    • Alegra Westbrooks
    • Arthur Williams
    • Diane Wyche
    • James Yancey
    • Ozener Yancey
    • James and Ozener Yancey
    • Cleo A. Yongue
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Bill Veeder

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

Mr. Bill Veeder served as Charlotte City Manager during the 1960s, and worked closely with the Charlotte city council, Mr. Vernon Sawyer and the urban renewal committees, and Mayor Stanford Brookshire. Due to the fact that his testimony derives from the city of Charlotte’s point of view, Mr. Veeder describes…

John Thrower

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

Mr. John Thrower became a member of Charlotte’s City Council in 1961. He served in this capacity until 1967, at which time he took a ‘hiatus’ for two years. He decided to run for reelection in 1969, and upon reelection served for two more years. According to Mr. Thrower, he…

Daisy Stroud

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

Ms. Daisy Stroud was born in Charlotte on October 12, 1921. She grew up on Seventh Street in First Ward and attended the Alexander Street School. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked in the insurance business. She went to Second Ward High School, graduating at the age…

James “Slack” Steele

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

Mr. James “Slack” Steele is the son of Owen and Maggie Steele. He was born and raised in Charlotte and lived in Blue Heaven before moving into the Brooklyn area. He is 76 years of age and retired from a career as a postal worker as well as working in…

James Yancey

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

Mr. James Yancey lived outside of Brooklyn but joined the Friendship Baptist Church in 1952. He began work as a juvenile probation officer in 1959 and interacted with many segments of the Brooklyn community. He gained employment as a social worker for the Greenville community in the late 1960s for…

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