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"Public Order is Even More Important than the Rights of Negroes:" Race and Recreation in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1927-1973
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Author
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Ervin, Michael
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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History, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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In July 1960, Charlotte’s Park and Recreation Commission enacted an official policy of desegregation in the city’s parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, and recreation centers. This development, which resulted in the first integrated municipal swimm...
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Charlotte's Airport Enters The Jet Age: Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983
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Author
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Ross, Lucas
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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ABSTRACTLUCAS CHARLES ROSS. Charlotte’s airport enters the jet age:Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983. (Under the direction of DR. MARK WILSON) The history of airports is a neglected topic despite the incredible economic and social changes the world has...
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RACE, RESEGREGATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPLELINE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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Author
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Graham, Joseph
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This thesis explores the relationship between out of school suspensions and court-involvement for youth in Mecklenburg County. Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the concept of implicit bias serve to inform this examination, interpretation, and analys...
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Title
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Strange Business for a Lady: Single Women’s Work in Mecklenburg County, NC, 1774-1860
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Author
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Moore, Kate
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Women's studies, History
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Description
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An anonymous author in 1837 lamented that "if the world were just" the term Old Maid, instead of a pejorative, would "be a synonyme(sp) of useful virtue." While scholars have examined the domestic and beneficent contributions of single women, this...
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“HOW COULD LOVE BE WRONG?” GAY ACTIVISM AND AIDS IN CHARLOTTE, 1970-1992
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Author
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Wright, Christina
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Queer studies
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Description
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ABSTRACTCHRISTINA ANNE WRIGHT. "How could love be wrong?" Gay activism and AIDS in Charlotte, 1970-1992. (Under the direction of DR. CHERYL HICKS) Sustained gay activism in Charlotte, North Carolina, only emerged in response to the HIV AIDS epidem...