noa_sohpcr_k-0278 k-0278 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Saundra Davis, May 12, 1998 Davis, Saundra, 1942?- Grundy, Pamela School integration--North Carolina--Charlotte Second Ward High School (Charlotte, N.C.) African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte--Attitudes Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.) Davis, Saundra, 1942?- Saundra Davis, an African American woman who attended segregated schools, is a big believer in West Charlotte High School. In this wide-ranging interview, she shares her support for the school and her opinions on busing, diversity, and the somewhat limited success of integration. Using her children's experiences as examples, she speaks of her concerns that the promises of integration have not been realized, in part because white teachers are not committed to teaching black students and in part because the government is unwilling to devote resources to black communities. A believer in busing to create diversity, Davis nonetheless thinks that integration was doomed to failure because it was forced. Her story unfolds through anecdotes about her past life and her family's current life, and although she worries about the current state of schools, she is an unwavering supporter of West Charlotte High School. 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-0278/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: 85.1 kilobytes, 133 megabytes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player MP3 format / ca. 133 MB, 01:13:04 Duration: 01:13:04 Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 1998-05-12 Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) 20090730 102722