Jackie Alexander Stanley and her daughter, Debra Stanley Barrett, discuss her family history and her life growing up in Mecklenburg County. She shares stories about Mallard Creek and other neighborhoods around Charlotte and memories of people and places around the Rosedale plantation. [All times approximate] [01:15] Mrs Stanley and her daughter began the interview by talking about the family photographs that the women brought to the interview. The women discuss family names such as Moore and Alexander, and other family connections. [06:46] Mrs Stanley introduces herself and recalls the street she was born on, now known as Glory Street. She discusses her life as the youngest of nine children and her parents. [10:16] She shares memories of attending J.H. Gunn High School and attending North Charlotte Elementary School. [13:10] Mrs Barrett and Mrs Stanley describe the layout of the family home that was located on Glory Street, which was built by Mrs Stanley's grandfather on the nine acres of land that the family owned. The women reveal that their family, the Alexanders, have been in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area since the 1800s. [15:18] Mrs Stanley talks about her mother, Daisy Moore Alexander, who worked as a nurse-midwife for Mecklenburg County. She discusses how her mother started her career in midwifery and her experience in delivering babies in the Derita and Mallard Creek neighborhoods. [17:34] MrsStanley recalls the Derita neighborhood and the family members that lived in the area. [18:45] Mrs Stanley describes Glory Street in the mid-twentieth century. She talks about living roughly a quarter-mile away from Rosedale and recalls the houses and businesses that were located in the area. She remembers walking with her family to shop in North Charlotte. [22:30] Mrs Stanley recalls her family using more traditional medicines prepared by her mother rather than going to a pharmacy. She explains how her family did not have close neighbors on Glory Street and that they lived in a predominantly white neighborhood. She describes how her mother would babysit and do housekeeping work for the white families that lived near them. [25:57] Mrs Barrett and Mrs Stanley describe how Mrs Stanley's mother moved homes onto the nine acres of land the family owned during the redevelopment of Charlotte in the 1960s. Daisy Moore would buy the homes developers were going to move or demolish and move them to her property on Glory Street. She also recalls the rowhouses located on Creosote road. [42:40] Mrs Stanley reminisces about how farmers and sharecroppers in the community would harvest cotton and foodstuffs in the fall. She remembers cotton being grown on North Tryon Street and talks about the Henderson family that lived on Creosote Road. [48:50] The women talk about the marriage of Mrs Stanley's parents at Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church in 1917. [52:00] Mrs Stanley remembers her older sisters riding horses at Rosedale. She also describes the land around Rosedale before the area was developed. [57:50] The women began discussing the cemeteries of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church and the family graveyard at New Hope Presbyterian Church. They reveal that they saved some of the headstones from the former cemetery. [01:01:10] Mrs Stanley remembers how Reverend Austin pastored both New Hope and New Hampton Presbyterian Church. [01:02:10] The women talk about their relation to Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and discuss family genealogy. [1:13:31] Mrs Stanley and her daughter explain their family lineage from enslavement to Emancipation. The women also discuss their family attending New Hope Presbyterian Church before it burned down and the family members buried at the church cemetery. They discuss the location of the former church and cemetery. Mrs Stanley remembers that before attending New Hope, her grandmother attended Ben Salem Presbyterian Church. Mrs Barrett and Mrs Stanley describe the houses on their family land this includes a discussion of wells, descriptions of the land, the people that lived in the homes, and outhouses. [1:57:47] The women remember a community of Native Americans, possibly Catawba, that lived on North Tryon in the 1960s and 1970s. [1:58:36] Mrs Stanley recalls how her mother also helped administer to white children as a midwife. She also remembers her aunt and cousin working for families along Tryon Street. [02:12:25] Mrs Stanley talks more about her father, his work at Swift Refinery, and family life. [02:12:50] Mrs Stanley talks about becoming a beautician, the salons she worked at in the area, and the beauty shop she worked in with her sister. [02:17:25] She remembers her giving birth to her daughter with the aid of her mother's friend, who was also a midwife. [02:23:51] Mrs Stanley and Mrs Barrett give descriptions of the photographs they brought to the interview. [02:33:42] Mrs Stanley talks a bit more about her mother taking in two young girls and raising them and family gatherings. Mrs Barrett talks about the chickens that lived on the land, gathering coal as a child, and how her father grew a variety of foodstuffs on the land. [02:40:02] The women talk about the development of Charlotte. Mrs Barrett discusses attending Druid Hills Academy, Tryon Hill Elementary school, and Our Lady of Consolation Catholic School. She talks about the decision to attend UNC Charlotte and remaining friends with those in her cohort. [02:53:04] Mrs Stanley explains how she met her husband, Bradshaw Stanley. The women share other memories and anecdotes about their lives and their relation to other families in Charlotte.