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Oral History Interview with J. Carlton Fleming, [date unknown]. Interview B-0068. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).
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Abstract
J. Carlton Fleming, who was on a Chamber of Commerce committee pushing for consolidation in Charlotte, NC, in the 1960s, tries to explain the demise of the issue in this interview. Fleming believes that consolidation failed because of the process: city bureaucracy made the issue too complex for Charlotte residents to understand, let alone support. It is difficult to learn anything specific about the consolidation question from this interview, other than a more complete understanding of its complexity. Fleming also downplays the role that race played in the process, arguing that busing did not affect the debate and that the main culprit was the political process.
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This interview is part of the Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), a collection of over
4,000 interviews housed at the Southern Historical Collection.
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