Gamble, Janet S., 1940-

Wright, Christina

Crowder, Delores A., 1948-

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2004-02-23

1 audio file (49:13) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (40 pages : PDF)

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Janet Gamble was a 64-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place at her home in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on January 5, 1940. She graduated from Modern Barber College (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) and was employed as a hairdresser. Delores Crowder was a 55-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place at the home of Janet Gamble in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on June 29, 1948. She completed an Associate degree in business administration and was employed as a credit union clerk, a payroll clerk, and an administrative assistant.

In this second of two interviews, Mecklenburg County natives Janet Gamble and Delores Crowder discuss their private family lives, the Derita neighborhood in Charlotte, and their elementary school experiences attending the all-black Rockwell Rosenwald School during the 1940s-1950s. The two women discuss the Derita neighborhood in northwest Charlotte during the mid twentieth century, in particular, healthcare providers, business owners, community leaders and the role of local churches. Ms. Gamble and Ms. Crowder then briefly discuss their educational experiences attending the segregated Rockwell Rosenwald School and Torrence-Lytle School and how they received second hand educational resources from the white schools. They also share their thoughts on integration, which began in Charlotte after they both graduated from school in the early 1970s. Bringing the conversation up to date for the time of the interview, they reflect that there had been a move away from busing to achieve racially balanced schools towards school assignments based on neighborhood in the 2000s.

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

Gamble, Janet S., 1940-
Crowder, Delores A., 1948-

Rockwell Rosenwald School (Mecklenburg County, N.C.)
Torrence-Lytle High School (Huntersville, N.C.)

Bank employees
Clerks
Barbers
Administrative assistants
African American elementary schools
African American school children
Segregation in education
Rural schools
School integration

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Derita
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

1940-2010

The era before Brown v. Board of Education

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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