Kristi McCray oral history interview, 2017 November 19

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Kristi McCray provides a detailed account of the Optimist Park community located in Charlotte, North Carolina and its growth in the 1980s. She recalls her experience as one of the first Habitat for Humanity home owners in the neighborhood, and the opportunities that the organization provided for her and other members of the community. Ms. McCray also discusses the impact of gentrification on the neighborhood and the challenges it has presented. In addition, she discusses busing and de facto segregation within the city, and her personal struggle with teen motherhood.

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Small But Significant : The Optimist Park Community

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Title: Kristi McCray oral history interview, 2017 November 19
Interviewee: McCray, Kristi T. (Kristi Turner)
Interviewer: Linehan, Aunillie
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 2017-11-19
Physical Description: 1 audio file (1:27:19) : Digital, MP3
Object Type: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Kristi McCray was a 60-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Amelie’s Bakery in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Statesville, North Carolina in 1956. She was educated at Gardner Webb University and was employed as a nurse.
Abstract: Kristi McCray provides a detailed account of the Optimist Park community located in Charlotte, North Carolina and its growth in the 1980s. She recalls her experience as one of the first Habitat for Humanity home owners in the neighborhood, and the opportunities that the organization provided for her and other members of the community. Ms. McCray also discusses the impact of gentrification on the neighborhood and the challenges it has presented. In addition, she discusses busing and de facto segregation within the city, and her personal struggle with teen motherhood.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded in four parts on a Zoom H5 digital recorder with XY modular mic.
Interviewee Occupations: Nurses
Subjects--Names: McCray, Kristi T. (Kristi Turner)
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Subjects--Topics: Gentrification
Discrimination in housing
Transportation
Cities and towns--Growth
African American families
African American neighborhoods
Urban poor--Social conditions
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Optimist Park
Subjects--Genre: Interviews
Oral histories
Coverage--Dates: 1950-2020
Digital Collection Title: UNC Charlotte Honors College and Charlotte Action Research Project interviews on Charlotte neighborhoods
Digital Collection Series Title: Small but significant: The Optimist Park community
Rights: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Kristy McCray.
Internet Media Type: audio/mpeg
Identifier: CH-MC0035
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2475

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