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Mr. C. Morgan Edwards discusses his life and upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born and raised in the community and currentl[...]
2015-04-12 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Dr. Edward Ellis is a native of Charlotte and a long time resident of the Washington Heights neighborhood. In this interview, he discusses his childhood in Washington Hei[...]
2015-11-18 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Tracy Price Green recalls her upbringing in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and 1970s. She discusses her involvement in [...]
Approximately 2015 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Mr. Johnny Johnson, who has lived in the Washington Heights community of Charlotte, North Carolina, his whole life, reflects on the history of the neighborhood, the negat[...]
2015-11-17 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Evelyn Jordan and her daughter Patricia Mackey discuss their lives in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Although they did not move to Wash[...]
2015-11-15 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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In the second of two interviews, Mattie Marshall, the current president of Historic Washington Heights Neighborhood Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, emphasizes t[...]
2015-11-13 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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In this interview, Mattie Marshall, president of the Historic Washington Heights Neighborhood Association in Charlotte North Carolina, discusses her origins as a sharecro[...]
2015-10-31 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Shateah Marshall, a twenty-four year old resident of Washington Heights in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her perspective on the neighborhood as a younger resident.[...]
2015-04-10 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Mary Maxwell is a retired educator born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. In this interview, she discusses living on Beatties Ford Road, near the Washington Height[...]
2015-11-15 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Anne Steele recalls initially moving to the Historic Washington Heights community in Charlotte North Carolina to provide assistance to her aging aunt in the 1990s. Thinki[...]
2015-04-11 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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In this interview, Vera Williams, a resident of Washington Heights in Charlotte North Carolina, describes the changes that have taken place in the neighborhood since she [...]
2015-11-18 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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Cynthia Woods is a former resident of Washington Heights in Charlotte, North Carolina, whose son continues to live in the family house. Mrs. Woods’ parents moved to Washi[...]
2015-11-13 | Audio | The Washington Heights Community |
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The Washington Heights neighborhood, positioned along the Beatties Ford Road corridor close to the center of Charlotte, has taken special pride in its unique history as Charlotte's original African American streetcar suburb. With strong ties to Johnson C. Smith University, West Charlotte High School, North West School of the Arts Middle School, and the famous Excelsior Club, the neighborhood has been at the center of Charlotte's African American narrative for over a century. In 2015 UNC Charlotte students interviewed residents of Washington Heights as part of a broader community initiative to document and preserve neighborhood history. In these interviews community members reflect on their deep family connections to Washington Heights, their own experiences living in the neighborhood, and changes they have witnessed over time as the neighborhood has faced challenges and creatively sought solutions.