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
    • 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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Arthur Stinson

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…about success 14:00 Insurance companies and their importance to Brookly 15:00 Bartering systems within the Brooklyn community 16:00 The importance of the family unit in the Brooklyn community; the inclusion of professionals within Brookly 20:00 Origins of the “Blue Heaven” Section in Brooklyn; descriptions of the “smoke shops” 24:00 Business…

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…

Barbara C. Steele

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…not challenge what happened but how she is so glad that today people are able to challenge issues. Mrs. Steele then talks about the sense of community and safety within Brooklyn. Mrs. Steele comments, “everybody was somebody and God was for all.” 30.0 Talks about why she did the interview….

John Thrower

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…best outcome for the time, cure for the cancer in downtown Charlotte, and help with integration in Charlotte. 40.0 Negative comments from community about Urban Renewal in Brooklyn Neighborhood. Discussion of public housing in Charlotte, Eminent Domain, housing codes, slum clearance, and Brooklyn as a “mess.” 45.0 Narrator’s consideration of…

Walter "Buck" Kennedy

September 28, 2016 by Karen Flint
section: Interviews

…were coming from, I mean, where, where were these people coming from? WK: From this. BA: That were coming in. WK: Yeah. Most of them was coming from this side of town. BA: OK. WK: Because they had the most population of the church was from this area and then,…

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