Pulley, Harold, 1944-
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Harold Pulley [1], 2012 May 31
File
Identifier: OH-UA-PU0084
Scope and Contents
In this first of four interviews, Harold Pulley, North Carolina native and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, begins by discussing his family background including his father's acquisition of farmland in return for construction labor, his mother's education and personality, and his maternal grandfather's parentage and role in helping enslaved people escape, fighting in the Civil War, and bootlegging. He recalls how his father's stories about the African-American...
Dates:
2012 May 31
Harold Pulley [2], 2012 June 26
File
Identifier: OH-UA-PU0085
Scope and Contents
In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the Air Force. He comments on feelings in the local African-American community about UNC Charlotte, particularly in relation to Johnson C. Smith University, and describes his student experience at UNC Charlotte, including coursework, social connections,...
Dates:
2012 June 26
Harold Pulley [3], 2012 July 18
File
Identifier: OH-UA-PU0086
Scope and Contents
In this third of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley discusses his student experience at UNC Charlotte during the late 1960s and his connection to the civil rights movement in North Carolina. He describes Bonnie Cone’s manner of speaking and interacting with students, and comments on how she handled race issues on campus. He also describes the faculty as a whole, recalling both acceptance and latent racism or anti-semitism among various members of the faculty. Specific faculty he describes...
Dates:
2012 July 18
Harold Pulley [4], 2012 August 29
File
Identifier: OH-UA-PU0087
Scope and Contents
In this fourth of four interviews, Mr. Harold Pulley resumes where he left off in the previous interview discussing Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, specifically regarding the reaction at UNC Charlotte. He traces the history of black uprisings, describes the racial climate in New England, and contrasts Charlotte and Boston, both in terms of general culture and specifically of the black communities in each city. He discusses Dr. King’s dissertation and its effect on his own perspective...
Dates:
2012 August 29
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- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 3
- African American college students -- Political activity 2
- African Americans -- Segregation 2
- Civil rights movements -- North Carolina 2
- Race relations 2
- African American churches 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- Charlotte (N.C.) 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States 1
- College students 1
- College students -- North Carolina -- Charlotte 1
- Health insurance 1
- Interracial marriage 1
- Lynching 1
- Racially mixed children 1
- Racism in education 1
- Slavery -- North Carolina 1
- Underground railroad 1
- United States. Air Force 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1 + ∧ less
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