Oral history interview with Carrie Abramson, February 21, 1999
Subtitle: interview K-0275, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Grundy, Pamela, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Women; School integration; Race relations; Schools; Open plan schools; Education; West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
Other titles: Interview K-0275, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Carrie Abramson, February 21, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: 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.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on November 9, 2007).

Interview participants: Carrie Abramson, interviewee; Pamela Grundy, interviewer.

Duration: 00:47:25.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Mike Millner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0275, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 16 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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