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Wellness
The Purposeful Walk
Food nourished the Brooklyn community, while local doctors and nurses attended to health needs.
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Interviewee: Marvin Price
Topics: Brooklyn community took everyone in, fish fries on Friday nights, fried chicken and other foods cooked by Price's grandmother; tomatoes, squash, and other vegetables grown in the garden
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Interviewee: Mary S. Singleton
Topics: Pride in Charlotte and attempts to reclaim Brooklyn's history, growing and canning vegetables to avoid food stamps, neighbors knowing and taking care of each other
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Interviewee: Arthur Griffin, Jr.
Topics: Good Samaritan Hospital and segregated hospitals, Dr. Robert Green in the Mecklenburg Investment Company building, living in First Ward but going to Second Ward for restaurants, Lincoln Theatre, drugstores, McCrorey YMCA, and shopping
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Interviewee: Reverend Janet Garner-Mullins
Topics: Good Samaritan Hospital, segregation and discrimination in healthcare, fear of "white coats" or doctors in the African American community
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Interviewee: Mamie Faulkner Cuthbertson
Topics: Nurses training at Good Samaritan Hospital and Charlotte Memorial Hospital, working as a registered nurse at Carolinas Medical Center, pride in being from Charlotte
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