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Charlotte, North Carolina native Margaret Alexander discusses her fifteen years of memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, also known as Second Ward, before her family was forced to move due to urban renewal. She discusses her husband Kelly Alexander Sr., who was elected president of the North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1948, and the family's significant involvement with civil rights activism. She also talks about the bombing of her family's home and the homes of three other civil rights leaders in Charlotte in 1965. Other topics include businesses, clubs, and organizations in Brooklyn, her family's use of the Brevard Street Library, and urban renewal.

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Title
Margaret Alexander oral history interview 3, 2007 April 2
Creator
Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924- interviewee
Contributor
Glinski, Nicole, interviewer
Date (Text)
2007-04-02
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 (36:31) : digital, MP3 + 1 interview transcript (17 pages: PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Margaret Alexander was an 82-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1924. She was educated at Second Ward High School and N.C. College for Negroes (now N.C. Central University); and was employed as a volunteer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg branch of the NAACP and with the North Carolina State Conference of NAACP Branches for 43 years.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2387
System Control No.
OH-AL0564
Subject (Person)
Alexander, Margaret G. A., 1924-
Alexander, Kelly M.
Subject (Corporate)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Brevard Street Library (Charlotte, N.C.)
Subject (Topic)
African Americans--Segregation
African American neighborhoods
African Americans and libraries
Civil rights movements
Racism
Cities and towns--Growth
Urban renewal
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Brooklyn
North Carolina--Charlotte--Second Ward
Subject (Occupation)
Homemakers
Volunteers
Subject (Date)
1940-2010
Type
Audio
Format
spoken word
Interviews
Oral histories
Language
English
Grant Information
Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
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 > Student Project on Second Ward
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. Interview originally recorded on electronic optical disc and reformatted using Exact Audio Copy.
2016-11-18

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