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Oral History Interview with Attorney Jim Robinson

My name is James C. Robinson, I'm Jim Robinson, I'm from Rock Hill, South Carolina. My family moved here in about 1925 and I was just a little boy. After I started school, I went to Hillcrest Elementary School two years and then the family moved to Conway ... Read more

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Charles Gray and Florida Governor Reubin Askew

Photo of Charles Gray and Reubin Askew as pictured in Mr. Gray's Gray Robinson law office overlooking Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. LISTEN below as Charles Gray tells the story of how he beat Reubin by eight votes in their run for vice president o ... Read more

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Charlie Gray's Orlando Arena Construction Hat

Charles Gray's Orlando Arena construction hat given to him by Orlando Mayor Bill Frederick. LISTEN as Mr. Gray tells the story behind the hat in this excerpt from an oral history interview at his Gray Robinson law office in downtown Orlando on April 2 ... Read more

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Senator John F. Kennedy and Charles Gray

Senator John F. Kennedy is pictured center stage at the Florida Blue Key Banquet at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Orlando's Charles Gray, pictured far left in his student days, invited Senator Kennedy to speak at the event. Mr. Gray ... Read more

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Mrs. Saundra Gray Welcomes Mr. Walt Disney to Florida

Stunning Florida native and top flight water skier, Mrs. Saundra Gray welcomes Mr. Walt Disney to the Sunshine State. Pictured from left to right are Walt Disney, Saundra Gray, Charles Gray, and Florida Governor Haydon Burns. Orlando attorney Ch ... Read more

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Charles Gray Oral History Interview

My name is Charles Gray and I'm from really Orlando except that I was born in Leesburg, Florida. And I moved to Orlando in the fifth grade and I've been here ever since except in 1969 I bought a ranch in Volusia County called, we named it Gemini Springs. ... Read more

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Charles Gray Oral History Interview