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West Charlotte's All-Star Champion Basketball Team, 1950, with coach Minnie Alma Blake.
MINNIE ALMA BLAKE.
Guests at a Christmas reception at the home of Bishop and Mrs. George W. Clinton. Their elegant two story home on North Myers Street was the setting for many social events in the early 1900s.
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
Sam McCullough and friends in Brooklyn neighborhood, c. 1935.
FRANKLIN COLEY.
Charlotte's first black Baptist church was organized by former slaves in June, 1867. This sanctuary, at 1020 South Church Street, was dedicated in September, 1911, and demolished in 1977.
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER LIBRARY.
The Sunday School classes of the Seventh Street Presbyterian Church gather in front of the sanctuary, February 27, 1921.
THELMA M. COLSTON.
Ladies' Usher Board of St. Paul Baptist Church, 1947.
VIRGINIA E. KEOGH.
Confirmation services, 1940, St. Michael and All Angels Protestant Episcopal Church.
ANITA BALDWIN.
The 17th Annual Session of the Primitive Baptist Church National Convention of the U.S.A., held at Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 1924.
ELDER THOMAS SAMUELS.
The Jordan River Boys had a regular gospel show on WSOC Radio in the 1940s. Clockwise from left: Clifton Horton, Albert Roseborough, William Hall, Lewis Roseborough, and Gene Horton.
RAY FUNK.
Sergeant Major Zachariah Alexander served in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry in the Spanish-American War, c. 1898.
MRS. KELLY M. ALEXANDER, SR.
John Southerland, of Charlotte, appears in this group of graduates of the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland, May 24, 1945.
ANITA BALDWIN.
Commencement banquet, Johnson C. Smith University, c. 1930.
FLORETTA DOUGLAS GUNN.
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. McCrorey in their home. Dr. McCrorey was president of Johnson C. Smith University from 1907 to 1947.
PLCMC.
Carter Hall, Biddle University, c. 1904. From: Art Work of Charlotte, North Carolina,PLCMC.
A cooking school sponsored by the Works Progress Administration at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 1935. Mrs. Florence Pethel was the instructor.
NANCY PETHEL.
The Hotel Alexander on McDowell Street was the only hotel serving blacks in Charlotte during the 1940s. Visiting celebrities stayed there and it served as a center for the social life of the community.
PLCMC.
Zoel Sylvester Hargrave, c. 1921.
DEE DEE MURPHY.
Right: Hattie Ruddisell, 1938.
GERALDINE JOHNSON BLENMAN.