Interview with Ronald Caldwell [electronic resource] 2005 May 31 / interviewer: Lois Stickel [i.e. Stickell], Bridgette Sanders ; transcriber: Ruth F. Griffin.

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Interview with Ronald Caldwell [electronic resource] 2005 May 31 / interviewer: Lois Stickel [i.e. Stickell], Bridgette Sanders ; transcriber: Ruth F. Griffin.

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Ronald Caldwell begins his interview with a description of UNC Charlotte when he was a freshman in 1967. Most of the few African Americans who were there were involved in the Black Student Union. He recalls Stokely Carmichael's visit to Charlotte and campus in 1968. He remembers an initial meeting with only African Americans in attendance. Bonnie Cone did not attend this meeting; the doors were locked. Caldwell, a co-leader of the Black Student Union with Ben Chavis, discusses the flag incident in detail. Some of his recollections, including whether or not the doors to the administration building were locked, conflict with some of the other interviews in this series. However, he does confirm the positive role played by Bonnie Cone, calling her "a significant diffusing element." The goal of UNC Charlotte's administration was integration, but they administrators made clear that no discrimination on either side would be tolerated. Caldwell uses admittance to African American Studies, and the wording of the Black Student Union constitution as examples. He admits that Bonnie Cone in particular helped many African American students get scholarships, be accepted into graduate schools, and establish of African American Studies program. He recalls Dean Colvard having a less hands-on approach to working with the African American students. He attributes this to Colvard's need to be more political. Caldwell reiterates several times during the interview that they always acted within the law.

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr, was born on January 22, 1948, in Oxford, North Carolina. Chavis's parents were educators who taught at a school for African American orphans. Chavis's activism was in his bloodline; his grandfather, John Chavis, the first black graduate from Princeton University, set up an underground school for African Americans who were forbidden to learn to read and write. Chavis became active in civil rights at the young age of thirteen when he attempted to integrate the all whi...

Sanders, Bridgette (Bridgette Tapley), 1962-

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Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003

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Born June 22, 1907 in Lodge, S.C. Graduated from Coker College (B.S., 1928) and Duke University (A.M., 1941). Served as president of Charlotte College (1961-1965). Named acting chancellor of University of North Carolina at Charlotte (July 1965) and became vice chancellor for student and community relations (April 1966). Retired as vice chancellor in 1973. From the description of Papers, 1955- (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 19618313 ...

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Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007

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First Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1967-), Colvard received a B.S. from Berea College, an M.A. from the University of Missouri, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. He was a professor and Head of the Department of Animal Science (1948-1953) and Dean of the College of Agriculture (1953-1960) at North Carolina State College. Colvard was also Superintendent of the Mountain Branch Agricultural Research Station, Waynesville, (1938-1946). He left North Carolina State Uni...

Caldwell, Ronald S. (Ronald Scott), 1948-

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Ronald Caldwell was from Pineville, N.C. He attended UNC Charlotte between 1967-1971. He went on to medical school at Wake Forest University. At the time of this interview, Caldwell was a physician in Asheville, N.C. From the description of Interview with Ronald Caldwell [electronic resource] 2005 May 31 / interviewer: Lois Stickel [i.e. Stickell], Bridgette Sanders ; transcriber: Ruth F. Griffin. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 549452136 ...