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Laura Rankin and Curley Hall discuss attending baptismal services while members of the Shiloh Baptist Church on Elmin Street in Reid Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. Curley Hall describes living in the old Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and being near the Thompson Orphanage. Curley Hall relates her experiences gathering water from a natural spring for the first few years that she lived there; Laura Rankin relates living in a section of the neighborhood that had one municipal spigot where she could get her water. The two also discuss what public transportation was like for them during that time.

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Title
Curley Hall and Laura Rankin oral history interview, 2014 May 27
Creator
Hall, Curley, interviewee
Contributor
Todd, Tenille, interviewer
Premeaux, Ben, contributor
Hall, Rickey (Rickey Vaughn), 1957- contributor
Rankin, Laura L. (Laura Lee), 1932-2017, contributor
Date (Text)
2014-05-27
Place of Creation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Extent
4 video files (37 minutes) : digital, MP4 + 1 transcript (18 pages, PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Curley Hall was born in South Carolina to Cliff Banks and Sarah Gastin. She grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. This interview took place at the home of her son, Rickey Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina. Laura Rankin was an 82-year-old woman at the time of this interview, which took place at the home of Rickey Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1932, and educated at Plato Price school in Mecklenburg County.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2997
System Control No.
cc:ha0005
Subject (Person)
Hall, Curley
Rankin, Laura L. (Laura Lee), 1932-2017
Subject (Corporate)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Urban Institute
Subject (Topic)
Baptism
Bus travel
Transportation
Rivers
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
Subject (Date)
1940-2020
Type
Moving image
Format
spoken word
Oral histories
Language
English
Usage Statement
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Copyright Holder
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Curle Hall, Laura Rankin, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Record Appears in
Oral History Collections > Keeping Watch: City of Creeks
Internet Mime Type
video/mp4
text/pdf
Location of Original
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reproduction Note
MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV preservation master.
2014-05-27
Related Materials
Mary Newsom papers concerning the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, MS0576, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1479
Condition
The recording that was used to create this transcript was on a different piece of equipment than what filmed the interview. A lot of household, background noises were picked up, walking, phones, doors, dishes, et cetera.
Source Note
Rickey Hall oral history interview, 2014 May 27, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Rickey Hall oral history interview, 2014 May 27, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://goldmine.uncc.edu/index/render/object/pid/uncc:3062/parentPID/uncc:qg

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