Davis, Calvin C., 1925-2007

Metzger, Mary

Davis, Naomi A.

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2004-11-23

1 audio file (1:09:45) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (55 pages : PDF)

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Calvin Davis was a 79-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Taylorsville, North Carolina in 1925. He was educated at Second Ward High School, Johnson C. Smith University, and New York University; and was employed as a teacher and a school administrator. Naomi Davis was a woman in her mid 70s at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Charlotte, North Charlotte in the late 1920s. She was educated at West Charlotte High School, Second Ward High School, Johnson C. Smith University, and New York University; and was employed as a teacher.

Calvin and Naomi Davis describe their experiences as students, teachers, parents, and grandparents in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, and reflect on the significant changes in education during their lifetimes. They discuss both the challenges and successes of the integration of Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools during the 1960s and 1970s, and express concern about the possibility of resegregation in the future due to judicial changes. Mr. and Mrs. Davis perceive the major threat to school integration as a shift away from public support of integration policies, which they attribute to changing demographics caused by the influx of people from other parts of the country into the Charlotte area.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from optimized production master file. Interview originally recorded on two analog audio cassettes and digitized using Digidesign 003 rack.

School administrators
Teachers

Davis, Calvin C., 1925-2007
Davis, Naomi A.

Teachers

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Second Ward High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)

Education--Parent participation
Educational tests and measurements
African American teachers
School discipline
Segregation in education
School integration
Students--Academic workload
Students--Attitudes

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1930-2010

The era before Brown v. Board of Education

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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