Charles Gatlin

Charles Gatlin

2016-12-27

Photographs of Charles Gatlin taken at the Town Common, Greenville, N.C., accompanied by an oral history interview, for the Beyond Bricks and Mortar project. Gatlin lived on Reade Street near the old Daily Reflector building. He worked in the downtown area and attended the Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where he directed the youth choir. He reminisces about the close-knit neighborhood community, and describes the land as it looked before redevelopment. Interviewer: Heather White.

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Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church (Greenville, N.C.)

Gatlin, Charles

African American men--North Carolina--Greenville

African American neighborhoods--North Carolina--Greenville

Urban renewal--North Carolina--Greenville