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Common Ground oral history and interview collection

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Identifier: RG19-06
Scope and Contents Common Ground (1995-2003) was a grass-roots organization that aimed to promote communication and understanding and improve relations among people of all races in Davidson. This oral history collection contains interviews conducted with men and women who lived in the town of Davidson and was recorded by the Common Ground organization. The recordings provide insight into the complexities of race relations and racism in Davidson, NC, and at Davidson College during the 20th century by...
Dates: 1997 - 2000

Common Ground Records

 Collection
Identifier: DC056
Scope and Contents Series Description: The collection consists of minutes of both public meetings and the Executive Council, as well as the Community Relations Task Force. Also included are agendas, correspondence, and email correspondence. Additionally, the collection includes records from the Mediation Committee, SWAT, Committee for Affordable Housing, and the Drug and Alcohol Committee, publicity files, news clippings, copies of an annotated bibliography on race relations prepared by Heather Baker, Jim...
Dates: 1995 - 2003

Lacy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0147s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of nine handwritten, double-sided correspondence letters (1851-1859) from Mrs. Mary Lacy to her stepdaughter Elizabeth 'Bess' Dewey, typed transcripts of the letters, copied pages of a ledger, reproductions of a Reverend Dr. Drury Lacy photograph (possibly from a book or catalog), seven of Mr. Lacy's hand-bound sermons (1855-1860), one handwritten invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, and a copy of an article about the letters (1980). This collection of...
Dates: 1851-1860, 1980

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Davidson College Presbyterian Church (Davidson, N.C.) 2
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African American women teachers 1
African American women--Race identity 1
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African Americans--Politics and government--20th century 1
African Americans--Social conditions Bias, Racial 1
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Church and college--United States--History--19th century 1
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Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Durham--History--20th century 1
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Davidson Colored Elementary school 1
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Davidson, NC--Affordable housing 1
Davidson, North Carolina 1
Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center 1
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North Mecklenburg Child Development Association 1
North Mecklenburg County 1
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Norton Barber Shop 1
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Common Ground 2
Gable, Ralph William, 1929-2019 2
Houston, Ruby 2
Tapia, Brenda Howard, 1949-2020 2
Wertheimer, Loretta C. 2