Mrs. Yvonne Blanchett was born on April 26, 1964 in Charlotte, NC. She lived in a house in Revolution Park with her 4 brothers and sisters, and her parents, Tim and Ruby Smith. During her childhood she would spend time at the swimming pool and at the park, where she would watch baseball games. Mrs. Blanchett recounts tension between whites and blacks while attending Barringer Elementary, Carmel Jr. High, and South Mecklenburg High School, and also between the Clanton Park and Revolution Park neighborhoods. Growing up in a time when the transition of the neighborhood demographics changed from white to black, her experience is important to the project because it provides an in-depth look on what it was like for black children to grow up in the area during the 1970s.
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Karen Flint
Director of Public History
Office: Garinger 204
E-mail: kflint@uncc.edu
Telephone: 704.687.3987
Director of Public History
Office: Garinger 204
E-mail: kflint@uncc.edu
Telephone: 704.687.3987