Graves, Carrie, 1936-

Howard, Debbie

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2005-04-20

1 audio file (1:11:37) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (45 pages : PDF)

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spoken word

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Carrie Graves was a 69-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place at Samaritan House on the YWCA campus in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte in 1936. She was educated at Morgan Elementary School, studied Culinary Arts at Central Piedmont Community College and attended classes at the University of Notre Dame and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She was employed in Charlotte in a number of careers, including owner of Cherry's Kitchen, assistant director of Samaritan House, and child care provider.

Carrie Graves describes her experience growing up in Cherry, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her education at the segregated Morgan Elementary School and Second Ward High School during the 1940s through 1960s, with emphasis on parent-teacher relationships both inside and outside the classroom. Other topics discussed include Ms. Graves's views on the lack of social equality in American society, transportation challenges her children faced during school desegregation, and her views on how contemporary public education might be improved.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on minidisc and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Additional conversation captured after the interview by mistake was not included.

Graves, Carrie, 1936-

Morgan Elementary School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Second Ward High School (Charlotte, N.C.)

Businesspeople
Cooks
Nonprofit organizations--Employees
Classroom environment
Segregation in education
School integration
Busing for school integration
Racism
Education
Home economics--Study and teaching
School discipline

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Cherry

Interviews
Oral histories

1930-2010

The era before Brown v. Board of Education

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