These interviews were conducted for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte by local historian and author Dr. Pamela Grundy to document the organization's history. They also supplement manuscript materials that are archived at the J. Murrey Atkins Library. They include interviews with YMCA employees and with community members who have served on the YMCA's powerful boards. The project initially focused on the history of African Americans in the YMCA covering subjects including activities at the historically Black McCrorey YMCA, the desegregation of YMCA facilities in the 1960s, relationships between whites and African Americans, and post-civil rights efforts to provide equitable opportunities at branches across the system. The collection offers multiple insights into Charlotte history as a whole, including the development of corporate culture, the role of religion in public and private life, civil rights, gender issues, responses to urban and suburban growth, and efforts to address the inequalities that became especially visible at the end of the twentieth century. Interviews also deal with the challenges of the time they were recorded, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which had particular implications for the Y's equity endeavors.