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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    • Bibliography for Brooklyn and Urban Renewal
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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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James Black

September 26, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…the House of Prayer. 15 Musical programs at the House of Prayer. Services at the House of Prayer. Programs for children at the House of Prayer. Black’s family- how did he define family in Brooklyn? 20 Childhood chores in Brooklyn. Community garden. Mr. Black’s mother: career as a seamstress and…

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…

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….

Christine Bowser

June 07, 2017 by Karen Flint
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…

Don Bryant

September 26, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…I don’t know what that means, it certainly doesn’t mean that I was everybody’s favorite, because I think I was either sixth, or sixth, or seventh high man, so I was able to squeak in there then I ran one more term, which was all I wanted to run, and…

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