<p> Interview with Mr. Grady Walker</p><p>Tape Log: </p><p>Time In Minutes Description of Interview Content</p><p>0:00 Introduction. Mr. Walker’s fondest memory of Revolution Park- the pool. Moved to the neighborhood because his parents wanted to own a house. Discusses busing to various school from middle to high school.</p><p>2:25 Whites and blacks in his schools, but mostly blacks bused. Neighborhood was more black but almost a 50:50 race ratio when he moved in in 1968. Neighborhood consisted of families.</p><p>5:00 Friends lived in Clanton Park. People locked their doors at night even though crime was not a major issue in the neighborhood. Parents’ careers. </p><p>8:00 Garage added on to the house. House description. </p><p>9:00 Many in the neighborhood went to Galilee Baptist Church. His friend, Jan, was the son of the white preacher at the Zion Church and lived at the house next to the church.\</p><p>11:20 A few houses in the neighborhood torn down. Current occupants of the neighborhood. As a child, they went to the Eckerd’s drug store with a fountain soda. </p><p>14:00 Pool description. Swimming hours and prices. Olympic meets for the first two weeks before the pool opened to the public. Description of the recreation center. </p><p>18:15 Desegregation of the pool. No racial tension in the pool. </p><p>19:30 Golf course used by his father. No racial tension on the course. Professional golfers that used the course. All the schools in Charlotte brought their student golf teams to the course to practice. </p><p>23:10 Rumors of a haunted golf course and ghost stories.</p><p>25:20 Murder at the golf course. </p><p>27:30 Transition from white neighborhood to black, block busting. 28:30 Neighborhood sandlot sports.</p><p>30:00 Neighborhood rivalries between Clanton Park and Revolution Park. Fights between boys.</p><p>33:00 Childhood jobs, paper boy, neighborhood bike riding, teasing the golf course security guard on bikes. </p><p>35:55 Walked to school by way of the golf course, before I-77. I-77’s impact on the neighborhood</p><p>39:50 Neighborhood Association, origins and current activities.</p><p>41:45 Holiday celebration in Revolution Park- Christmas lights, Halloween trick-o-treating.</p><p>42:50 Neighborhood change over time. Families moved out, renters.</p><p>45:25 Discussion of white flight out of Revolution Park. </p><p>47:15 Walker’s neighborhood pride. Neighborhood’s reputation. </p><p>49:00 Pool’s change over time. Less use because of the YMCA. New Center over old pool. </p><p>50:50 Neighborhood recreation facilities offerings.</p><p>52:15 Neighborhood convenient store, beauty parlor, barber shop, and restaurant. Weekly barbeque in the parking lot with many neighbors. </p><p>58:10 Conclusion. </p>