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February 4, 1971 - The law office of Julius Chambers is set on fire.
January, 1971 - The auto repair shop of the father of civil rights attorney Julius Chambers is burned down.
1971 - The North State Law Enforcement Association, a professional association for black police officers, sues the City of Charlotte.
December 12, 1971 - Charlotte dentist and Presbyterian minister Dr. Reginald Hawkins runs for Governor on the Democratic ballot. Four years earlier, he had become the first black to run for governor in North Carolina.
February 17, 1972 - Author Maya Angelou speaks at Johnson C. Smith University
June 3, 1972 - Phil Berry is the first black to be elected to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board.
A local banker, Berry will become board chair four years later.
Earlier Rev. Colemon Kerry had been appointed to the board, but lost when he ran for a seat.
July 15, 1972 - The Charlotte Three are convicted of firebombing.
October 28, 1972 - Police beat student at East Mecklenburg.
1973 - Leroy "Pop" Miller becomes the first black principal at formerly all-white East Mecklenburg High School. He becomes as beloved at East Mecklenburg High School as he was at West Charlotte.
October 15, 1974 - Charlotte becomes "The City that Made Integration Work."
November 5, 1974 - Charlottean Fred Alexander becomes the first of two blacks to serve in the North Carolina State Senate since Reconstruction. Photo shows Fred Alexander meeting with his constituents, A.A. and Jennie Cobb.
December 16, 1975 - Gantt is appointed to the city council to serve an unexpired term.
1976 - The UNC-Charlotte basketball team wins its first national recognition.
1977 - The Black Caucus helps establish district representation in Charlotte.
November 1979 - Ron Leeper is elected to the city council.
