Oral history interview with Robert Yost, November 22, 2000 [electronic resource] : interview K-0487, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).
Robert Yost discusses coaching chess and teaching English at West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, N.C. Yost's attention remains on the successes of the school's chess team for much of the interview, but he does share his thoughts on the changing racial character of West Charlotte and the school's image and performance problems. Yost does not pay much attention to race, he says, but has modified his teaching methods to make certain works of literature more appealing to African American students.
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Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Duration: 01:34:12.Interview participants: Robert Yost, interviewee; Pamela Grundy, interviewer.Text encoded by Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.Title from menu page (viewed on March 3, 2008).
- Type of Computer File or Data Note:
- Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: 141 kilobytes, 172 megabytes.
- Original Version Note:
- Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern Communities, interview K-0487, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 47 p.
- Funding Information Note:
- Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
- System Details Note:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.
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High school teachers > North Carolina > Charlotte > Interviews.
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Robert Yost discusses coaching chess and teaching English at West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, N.C. Yost's attention remains on the successes of the school's chess team for much of the interview, but he does share his thoughts on the changing racial character of West Charlotte and the school's image and performance problems. Yost does not pay much attention to race, he says, but has modified his teaching methods to make certain works of literature more appealing to African American students.
