Charles Gatlin

Title

Charles Gatlin

Date

12/27/16

Description

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.

Subject

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

Source

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Relation

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/encore/ncgre000/00000051/00050505/00050505.jpg

Type

image
sound

References

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/50505

Citation

“Charles Gatlin,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 13, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/39779.

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