Interview with Arthur Lawrence [DVD]

Publication

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Interview with Arthur Lawrence [DVD]

Entry/Object ID

2019.002.10

Description

Interview of Arthur Lawrence who lives in Charleston's West Side. Mr. Lawrence reminisces about growing up on the West Side when it was primarily an African-American community. He recalls day-to-day life in the West Side, referring to businesses, grocery and corner stores, restaurants, movie theaters, and hotels/boarding houses. He also talks about the changes to both Charleston and the West Side community and reflects on gentrification, segregation, integration, housing, and heirs' rights, about the roles of hotels for African-American visitors during segregation. Mr. Lawrence, who was president of the neighborhood association for 20 years, worked with Mayor Riley and the Chief of Police on efforts to improve the community. He discusses the efforts and its successes. He also touches upon the importance of the church in the community. Recorded as part of HCF's "Changing Neighborhoods" series, made possible by a grant from the Employees Community Fund of The Boeing Company. Date of interview: March 20, 2019. Interviewed by Valerie Perry (HCF) at the Arthur Christopher Community Center. April Wood (HCF), videographer. 1 DVD: 59:13 Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive))

Collection

HCF Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2019)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

West Side, Lowcountry Digital Library, Changing Neighborhoods, Lawrence, Arthur, Leonard--Interviews, Neighborhoods--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston--Social life and customs, Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Oral History

Publication Details

Author

Lawrence, Arthur

Series

Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History Project

Date Published

2019

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Container

DVD (Videos) Box 1

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Consent Form and transcript on Media link. MP3 (audio) and MP4 (video) files on MyPassport hard drive.

Created By

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Create Date

June 12, 2019

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023