Cherry neighborhood group oral history interview with Doris Gibson Dennis, Ruthie Grier Hamlin, Charles L. Patton, Everett Taylor and Richard Perry, 2014 August 16

2014-08-06

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2 video files (63:00) : digital, MP4 + 1 tape log (8 pages : PDF)

Interview took place in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church meeting hall, Cherry community, Charlotte, North Carolina Doris D. Gibson was a 70-year-old woman at the time of this interview. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1944. She received a high school education. Ruthie G. Hamlin was a 67-year-old woman at the time of this interview. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1946. She was educated at Second Ward High School, and received her BA from Winston-Salem State University in 1969, and her MA at UNC Charlotte in 1978. She was employed as a third-grade teacher at Lansdowne Elementary School from 1969 to 2003 and was the owner of the Cherry Superette store since 1969. Charles L. Patton was a 77-year-old man at the time of this interview. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1936. He was educated at Second Ward High School and retired at the time of this interview. Richard Perry, Jr. was a 79-year-old man at the time of this interview. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1935. He was educated at Second Ward High School, and was employed as a mail clerk at the Duke Energy Corporation. Everett Taylor was an 83-year-old man at the time of this interview. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1930. He was educated at Second Ward High School.

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2014-08-06

This interview is in two parts, part 1 and part 2. Time stamps reflect this. This is a tape log of the group interview, with paraphrase of what the interviewees were talking about.

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