Arthur Wallace Sr. oral history interview, 2004 March 18
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Arthur Wallace Sr. shares his memories of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He focuses on his experiences attending Friendship Baptist Missionary Church, which he joined in 1933, including church leadership, choirs, tithing, visiting the sick, and the church's place in the Brooklyn community. Mr. Wallace also discusses the many businesses in Brooklyn and the United House of Prayer for All People. He describes the impact of Charlotte's urban renewal program of the 1960s on Friendship Baptist Missionary Church, which moved from Brooklyn to west Charlotte.
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Spoken Word1 Audio File (1:02:52) : Digital, Mp3 + 1 Transcript (26 Pages : Pdf)Audio/Mpeg
Yakutis, Leo (interviewer)Wells, Katheryn B. (contributor)
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North Carolina Digital Heritage CenterKeywords
- African American Business Enterprises
- African American Churches
- African American Families
- African American Neighborhoods
- African Americans
- Amusements
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (Charlotte, N.C.)
- Religion
- Segregation
- United House Of Prayer For All People
- Urban Renewal
- Wallace, Arthur, 1916