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November 11, 1981 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated on this Veteran’s Day. Photo shows Frederick Smith at a Charlotte Veterans’ Observance.
1981 - McDonald’s Cafeteria moves.
McDonald’s Cafeteria, a landmark in the westside community, moves to I-85 and Beatties Ford Rd.
Owner John McDonald, middle, breaks ground
June 30, 1982 - Richardson is elected to the state senate.
Photo - Jim Richardson of Charlotte is congratulated by a youth.
A graduate of Second Ward, Richardson becomes known as a highly effective legislator.
November 1981- Edmund Cannon is killed.
July 1982 - Ernest Coleman is killed
1983 - Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday becomes a federal holiday.
August 18, 1984 - Kelly Alexander, Sr. is honored by the NAACP.
1985 - The Color Purple is shot in nearby Marshville.
Charlotte musicians Johnny Holloway (pictured) and Maria Howell appear in the Steven Spielberg film.
Additional photo shows Spielberg at work.
The Little Rock AME Zion Church, one of the few churches to survive urban renewal, is turned into the Afro-American Cultural Center. Photo shows an exhibit at the Center.
February 10, 1988 - Scarborough speaks at a Black History Month program.
August 1, 1988 - The World Conference of the AME Zion Church is held in Charlotte.
The procession of bishops enters the Charlotte Convention Center as more than 4000 people from around the globe gather for the World Conference of the AME Zion Church.
1989 - Bynum organizes SAVE - Students Against Violence Everywhere.
After Alex Orange from West Charlotte is killed when he tries to break up an off-campus fight, his friend Angie Bynum organizes SAVE. It soon becomes a national organization.
September 1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits Charlotte.
Tillman Baldwin helps clean up Johnson C. Smith University campus after the hurricane.