Jada Flowers oral history interview, 2020 March 23

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In this interview, Jada Flowers shares her experience as the Vice President of the Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte. She also discusses her views on racial justice, especially how it may have changed after Keith Lamont Scott was killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2016. In addition Ms. Flowers recalls how she felt during her transition from a majority African American/Black high school to UNC Charlotte during her freshman year. She also touches on the April 30, 2019 UNC Charlotte shooting, and on how the COVID-19 outbreak that was ongoing at the time of the interview was impacting racist views and affecting jobs and education.

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Title: Jada Flowers oral history interview, 2020 March 23
Interviewee: Flowers, Jada
Interviewer: Fredricks, Lavar
Contributor: Castillo, Justin
Xiong, Pao
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 2020-03-23
Physical Description: 1 audio file (41:01) : Digital, MP3
Object Type: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Jada Flowers was a 19-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place online. She was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 2000. She was educated at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Abstract: In this interview, Jada Flowers shares her experience as the Vice President of the Black Student Union at UNC Charlotte. She also discusses her views on racial justice, especially how it may have changed after Keith Lamont Scott was killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2016. In addition Ms. Flowers recalls how she felt during her transition from a majority African American/Black high school to UNC Charlotte during her freshman year. She also touches on the April 30, 2019 UNC Charlotte shooting, and on how the COVID-19 outbreak that was ongoing at the time of the interview was impacting racist views and affecting jobs and education.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally conducted remotely using Google Hangouts, recorded using Streamlabs OBS software, and converted to MP3 with a VLC player.
Subjects--Names: Flowers, Jada
Shepherd, Joshua, 1998-
Keith Lamont Scott
Subjects--Organizations: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Black Student Union (UNC Charlotte)
Subjects--Topics: College students, Black
Police shootings
Protest movements
Racism
School shootings
COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Charlotte
Subjects--Genre: Oral histories
Interviews
Coverage--Dates: 2010-2020
Digital Collection Title: UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews
Digital Collection Series Title: Organizing for social justice on campus
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 the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Internet Media Type: audio/mpeg
Related Interviews: Joshua Shepherd oral history interview, 2019 October 21, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Identifier: SJ-FL0006
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:5128

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