noa_sohpcr_k-0275 k-0275 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Carrie Abramson, February 21, 1999 Abramson, Carrie, 1969?- Grundy, Pamela School integration--North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations Schools--North Carolina--Charlotte Women--North Carolina--Charlotte West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.) Open plan schools--North Carolina--Charlotte Education--North Carolina--Charlotte Abramson, Carrie, 1969?- Former West Charlotte High School student Carrie Abramson reflects on her experiences at West Charlotte and the role that the school's racial diversity played in her time there and in her future life. Abramson saw segregation increasingly insinuating itself into her educational life: at West Charlotte, occasional school-wide activities brought together black and white students who normally would not have sought each other out; at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she witnessed an even greater degree of segregation. Abramson's experience with de facto segregation at West Charlotte convinced her of the value of racial diversity, even if contact between white and black students is relatively limited. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. Southern Oral History Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library Oral histories of the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)) 2006 Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0275/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 80.3 kilobytes, 114 megabytes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player MP3 format / ca. 114 MB, 01:02:33 Duration: 00:47:25 Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 1999-02-21 Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) 20090721 162949