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In July, President Jimmy Carter arrives in Charlotte. He and his team of volunteers are determined. They plan to construct 14 houses in five days for Habitat for Humanity, an organization that builds affordable housing for low-income families around the world.
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County is named Library of the Year by Library Journal. It notes children's programs, genealogical resources and computer technology among the resources the library provides to a growing population with changing needs.
March 20, 1996 -Controversy erupts in Charlotte. Tony Kushner's award-winning play called Angels in America opens for a 10-day run. Charlotte Repertory Theater stages the performance.
Notes: Born in Richmond, Virginia. Telegrapher in Charlotte, NC. Survived by wife, nee Simpson from Jonesboro, Tennessee, mother in Richmond, and brother in Enfield, Halifax County, NCAge at Death: 23Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource:
Notes: `Formerly practiced medicine in Gaston County, NC, was State Treasurer for a short period of time, (was) elected President of the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railroad. He leaves a wife and 4 children.`Age at Death: 56
Charlotte's Charles Younge, holding the bat, stands beside Dodger Jackie Robinson and Charlotte Observer carriers.
Jackie Robinson plays second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before that time, blacks could only play in separate Negro leagues.
NC pays tuition for African Americans to attend universities.
Biddleville School was one of Charlotte’s all-black schools. It served the children of the Beatties Ford Road/Johnson C. Smith University area. In 1964, James Swann was assigned to Biddleville School.
Northwest Junior High was Charlotte’s first and only all-black junior high. Until it was started in 1954, grades 7-12 were considered high school. The school now occupies the old West Charlotte High School campus.
November 1981- Edmund Cannon is killed.
July 1982 - Ernest Coleman is killed
May 15, 1994 - UNC Charlotte awards Butler an honorary degree.
May 28, 1791 - George Washington, who has promised to visit all of the states, arrives in Charlotte. People have lined up for hours to catch a glimpse of our nation's first president. Washington dines with Thomas Polk, and calls on prominent citizens.
This photo of an unknown group of soldiers was possibly taken at Camp Grant, IL. Eugene Craft of North Carolina, studied music in Europe and was a WW I soldier at Camp Grant.
The North Carolina Medical College was chartered in 1892 at Davidson College. The upper graduates moved to Charlotte in 1903 with the opening of the Presbyterian Hospital. The entire medical college moved into this building Charlotte in 1907. Its address was 215 N.
This cannon was captured by the United States military in the West Indies in 1898 during the Spanish American War. It was manufactured on May 24, 1769. President William McKinley donated the cannon to Charlotte in 1900. It was placed in front of Post Office on West Trade Street.