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Title
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G. Jackson Burney oral history interview, 1997 September 4
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Interviewee
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Burney, G. Jackson, 1927-
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Interviewer
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Rigdon, Jim
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections
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Date of Interview
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1997-09-04
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (54:17) : digital, MP3
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Object Type
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Audio
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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G. Jackson Burney was a 70-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in his home in Davidson, North Carolina. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on April 28, 1927. He was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was employed as an executive at Jefferson-Pilot Communications and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.
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Abstract
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Charlottean G. Jackson Burney discusses his career in the communications industry, his family, and his volunteer work. He contracted polio at a young age and discusses throughout the interview how the disease impacted his life. Mr. Burney describes how he studied communications at UNC Chapel Hill, then began working at WBT Radio as a promotions manager in the late 1940s. He also recounts his volunteer activities, and highlights going to Washington, D.C., as part of an effort launched by President Jimmy Carter to address economic issues. Mr. Burney steadily progressed in his career and began working for the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in the 1970s as the head of a new research department. He describes how around the late 1980s, he was dismissed from his position from the Chamber. He filed a lawsuit for discrimination based on age and settled out of court. Other topics discussed in the interview include Mr. Burney's lifelong interest in music, racist opinions held by his parents, and how uptown Charlotte has changed from the 1950s to the time of interview.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
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Subjects--Names
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Burney, G. Jackson, 1927-
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Subjects--Organizations
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Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
WBT (Radio station : Charlotte, N.C.)
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Subjects--Topics
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Executives
Radio broadcasting
Music
Voluntarism
Race relations
Poliomyelitis
People with disabilities
Discrimination in employment
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Charlotte
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1930-2000
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Digital Collection Title
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David Goldfield student project on change in the Charlotte region
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Digital Project Title
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Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city
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Rights
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Grant Information
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Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Identifier
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GF-BU0079
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:86