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1963 - Separate campuses are built for UNC Charlotte and Carver College.
May 4, 1965 - Fred Alexander is elected to the Charlotte City Council. Photo shows Alexander being sworn in on the 10th.
West Charlotte High School Senior Prom, 1950.
JAMES G. CROSBY.
The Junior Band, West Charlotte High School, 1943.
ANITA BALDWIN.
September 1959 - Bishop C.M. "Daddy" Grace visits Charlotte.
The Daily Charlotte Observer had this special edition for women on May 20, 1896.
This portrait of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) was given to the Mint Museum of Art in 1936 by Mrs. Westray Battle. The painting captures Charlotte in her coronation robe. Born in 1774, she was the consort to King George III of England.
Photo from an outside street view of the Red Circle Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Since the material in this history is treated topically, the following chronological list of events and movements which have taken place locally may be helpful to the reader. 1750 Trade routes from Charlotte to Charleston established over Indian Trails.
Dorothy Knox earned her stripes as a reporter and columnist for the Charlotte News. In the 1930s and 40s, she mixed personal and local news in a way that endeared her to her readers. Thomas Cole, Librarian in the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, discusses her work.
Journalist Harry Golden was the "Carolina Israelite" who wrote a little bit about a lot of things. He stopped to think more deeply when he wrote about his adopted home of Charlotte. Librarian Thomas Cole of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room will discuss his works.
September 9, 1970 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is integrated.
Sewing class, West Charlotte High School, 1943.
ANITA BALDWIN.
West Charlotte's All-Star Champion Basketball Team, 1950, with coach Minnie Alma Blake.
MINNIE ALMA BLAKE.
In 1902 there was published, by the authority of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and compiled by Clarkson & Duls, City Attorneys, The Code of the City of Charlotte, containing The Charter and all Acts amending it, and also the act providing for the establishments of Public Schools a
May 1963 - Charlotte hotels and restaurants begin to desegregate.
December 14, 1976 - Charlotte's African American women are honored by UNC.
Visitors at the North Charlotte Inn in the 1920s. It later became Shue's Boarding House.