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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    • Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
    • Second Ward Alumni
    • Olaf Abraham
    • Kelly Alexander
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    • 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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James Black

September 26, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…what it is. You have a- that’s a legacy, you have a history of that. You know? Of your work, you know, giving and taking. In order to give, you got to be able to take. JP: Right, right. JB: So you ain’t going to give something that ain’t worth…

Calvin Brown

September 26, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…urban renewal, and I understand that you felt that it was- that the- well, first, I want to get your perception. What was your perception looking at Brooklyn? What was, what did you think about Brooklyn as a community? CB: As I said, Brooklyn was a, a, an area made…

Vernon Herron

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…late 1930’s- 1950’s Interviewer: Mclean Pearson, Tosha M. Recorder (if different than interviewer): Transcriber: Mclean Pearson, Tosha M. Participant description: Age: 79 Birth date: N/A Birth location: 527 South Brevard Street, Charlotte, North Carolina Residence: 2510 Century Oaks Lane, Charlotte, North Carolina Education: Doctorate/Ministry Occupation(s): Genealogist Setting Description: At his…

Barbara C. Steele

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…gave us forour house it wasn’t nothing. You know we couldn’t buy another house, you know we had to paydown on another house you know in order to move in. We could have rented another one but thatwas our home place and they just seemingly took it from us. And…

Daisy Stroud

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…it did happen to them. DS: Oh, yes, maybe, maybe, I must have- see, it was some example I saw given that I did not want there. And my principal was Mr. Grigsby- Mr. JE Grigsby. And, so it was a very interesting experience being in high school, elementary too….

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