Brooklyn Oral History
Brooklyn Oral History
  • Savoy Theatre
    Savoy Theatre on S. McDowell St. Undated. Hank Daniel, Staff - The Charlotte Observer
  • Caldwell+Brevard-crop
    2nd St. between Caldwell & Brevard, Brooklyn neighborhood. Undated. Tom Walters, Staff - The Charlotte Observer
  • News
  • 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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History of Brooklyn

…school, probably six night clubs, probably twenty restaurants, an Elks Club, a YMCA, a YWCA, two commercial laundries, a commercial icehouse, twenty-three churches big enough for people to remember and probably another ten little storefront churches, a pharmacy, doctors, dentists, two newspapers, now this was one neighborhood.” Named after its…

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…

Dolores Giles & Mary Poe

November 17, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…how to fix baked beans, but I did it from scratch. You put the white dried beans and navy beans-,you get those done. Then you put your other ingredients in there to make- what kind of beans did I say? DG: White and navy beans. MP: Another kind of beans-…

Brooklyn Time Line

…money can now be used to demolish residential housing 1954 Berman vs. Parker, Supreme court case allowed removal of “blighted” older buildings, or “slum clearance.” 1956 North Carolina passes state law on Urban Renewal. Eisenhower Federal Highway Law passed which brought money to states and what was eventually used for…

Thereasea Elder

September 26, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…and activities allowed her to speak knowledgably about Urban Renewal activities both in Brooklyn and Greenville. She spoke regarding familial activities, churches, economic activities and race relations in Charlotte. Mrs. Elder also spoke of the African-American experience post Urban Renewal. Part I https://sites.charlotte.edu/brooklyn-oral-history/wp-content/uploads/sites/1007/2016/09/ThereaseaElderpt1.mp3 Part II https://sites.charlotte.edu/brooklyn-oral-history/wp-content/uploads/sites/1007/2016/09/ThereaseaElderpt2.mp3 Tape Log Tape Log:…

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