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Reginald Hawkins
Mr. Reginald Hawkins was born in Beaufort, North Carolina. He attended Johnson C. Smith University and Howard University and completed the coursework for a degree in dentistry. He returned to Johnson C. Smith University and was ordained a Presbyterian Evangelist. He also served in the army—stationed at Wilmack General Hospital…
Vernon Herron
Mr. Vernon Hernon was born in 1928 at 527 South Brevard Street and raised in the Brooklyn Community. His father died when he was one year of age, so his mother had to raise six children by herself. He and his family attended Ebenezer Baptist Church and he attended Myers…
Betty Golden Holloway
Ms. Bettye Golden Holloway was born in the Cherry neighborhood of Charlotte in 1933, and remained there for seven years before moving to the Brooklyn neighborhood in 1940. After a move to Maryland in the early forties, Mrs. Holloway’s family returned to Brooklyn, where she attended Second Ward High School…
Johnny Holloway
Johnny Holloway, born in Durham, NC, relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina after finishing both his time in the US Army and graduate school. He was instrumental in bringing both Jazz appreciation and marching band orchestration to West Charlotte High School. A thorough participant in the 1950’s Charlotte jazz scene, he…
Wright Hunter
Mr. Wright Hunter lived in Brooklyn until the age of nine years old, but continued to attend the schools in the Brooklyn neighborhood. Mr. Hunter discussed many fond memories of the different areas around Brooklyn, such as the Cherry neighborhood and Third Ward. Most interesting is a story he tells…