- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Latrelle McAllister, June 25, 1998
- Creator:
- McAllister, Latrelle, 1958?-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Grundy, Pamela
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1998-06-25
- Subject:
- School integration--North Carolina--Charlotte
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte--Attitudes
West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
School children--Transportation--North Carolina - People:
- McAllister, Latrelle, 1958?-
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Latrelle McAllister, an African American woman who attended West Charlotte High School from 1973 to 1976, remembers her experiences there. Like many former West Charlotte students, she recalls a vibrant, diverse atmosphere, animated in part by a flashy marching band. She believes in the value of integration and its role in exposing students to diverse culture, but worries about the effects of busing on neighborhood cohesion. Despite the fracturing effects of busing, McAllister believes that West Charlotte remains a rallying point for her Charlotte community.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0173/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 00:56:36.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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