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Herb Davis, an alumnus of Warren Wilson College, discusses his 35 years of history playing and coaching basketball within Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Topics discussed include his experience within the pickup basketball scene of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, coaching basketball at South Mecklenburg High School, the role basketball plays within early educational development for students, and his siblings' various college basketball careers along with the limitations they all faced due to their race.

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Title
Herb Davis oral history interview, 1993 May 13
Creator
Davis, Herb, 1947-2021, interviewee
Contributor
Felkner, Peter H., interviewer
Date (Text)
1993-05-13
Place of Creation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Extent
1 audio file (0:33:03) : digital, MP3
Biographical/Historical Note
Herb Davis was interviewed at South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was educated at Warren Wilson College and was employed as a history teacher and basketball coach at South Mecklenburg High School.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:7852
System Control No.
MU-DA0102
Subject (Person)
Davis, Herb, 1947-2021
Subject (Corporate)
Warren Wilson College
Subject (Topic)
African American families
African Americans--Segregation
Race discrimination
Basketball
Basketball--Coaching
College sports
College athletes
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
North Carolina--Charlotte
Subject (Occupation)
Coaches (Athletics)
High school teachers
Subject (Date)
1960-2000
Type
Audio
Format
spoken word
Interviews
Oral histories
Language
English
Usage Statement
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Copyright Holder
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Record Appears in
Oral History Collections > Levine Museum of the New South > Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont
Internet Mime Type
audio/mpeg
Location of Original
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reproduction Note
MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
2019-10-11

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