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November 20, 1996 - Toni Morrison, the first African American to win the Nobel Prize, speaks at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s NOVELLO Festival.
May 30, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at a convocation of the area's black high schools.
1980 - Stevenson becomes the first black woman on the Charlotte school board.
January 14, 1992 - Shotgun houses are moved to the Afro-American Cultural Center.
January 18, 1993 - Thereasea Elder is awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Medallion (award).
June 4, 1994 - The Greenville C.Y.O. Marching Band wins the Myrtle Beach Award.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States mobilized for war. Charlotte's African American community joined in.
James Otis Williams became the first black golfer to play at the Bonnie Brae municipal golf course on January 10, 1957.
Summer 1961 - Charlotte minister and dentist Reginald Hawkins leads protest.
August 30, 1967 - Marshall is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 9, 1970 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is integrated.
1976 - Reverend Burke documents urban renewal.
April 5, 1980 - King’s statue is placed in Marshall Park.
