Brooklyn Oral History
Brooklyn Oral History
  • Savoy Theatre
    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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  • History of Brooklyn
    • Brooklyn Time Line
    • Bibliography for Brooklyn and Urban Renewal
    • External Oral History Sites
  • About this Project
    • Class Pictures
    • 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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Daisy Stroud

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
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….

Brooklyn Time Line

…acres of Brooklyn officially designated as a “blighted areas” under NC Redevelopment Law. 1960-1967 1,480 housing structures were demolished in Brooklyn, displacing 1,007 residents. The redevelopment project cost $10 million, cleared 263 acres of land, and displaced 215 businesses. 1960 The Brooklyn urban renewal project passes the city council by…

Christine Bowser

June 07, 2017 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

…how, how did you guys interact with the other churches in the area? CB: Oh, well, we had, when they had what they call their- what did they call it? Their- loss for words- their, when they would have different ministers to come into the church- revivals, what I was…

Walter "Buck" Kennedy

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

…the downtown and.business area. 22:11 Question: Despite its physical removal, do you think of Brooklyn as a.community still, and can you describe what you think Brooklyn means to.you today?.“There’s no Brooklyn . . . There’s no Brooklyn now.” 22:35 Question: When you hear the term urban renewal, what does that…

Lem Long

September 28, 2016 by Alex Chapin
section: Interviews

…and the whole community got it. But now they got several of them doing the same thing, some listen to this one, some listen to that one so it costs you more if you going to be on three or four stations and getting the same thing you used to…

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