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Notes: Clerk at the store of Wittkowsky and Baruch. Died at the residence of his uncle, Samuel Wittkowsky.Age at Death: 21Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 9/23/1881
Notes: Exact given as 34 years and 8 months.Former resident of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCAge at Death: 34Place of Death: Norwood, Stanly County, NCSource: Source Date: 5/30/1884
Notes: `He is gone to the realms above. Where all is joy, and peace, and love.`Age at Death: 2Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource: Source Date: 1/26/1833
Interstate buses desegregated: January 5, 1956.
Wilbert Martin, a bus porter, holds old signs and looks at the new sign at the Charlotte bus station.
Although buses that travel between states are now desegregated, segregation is still the law for in-state travel.
August 27, 1956 - The final link of Independence Blvd. is completed.
Rev. Colemon Kerry, Jr., pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, is defeated in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board election by anti-busing opponents. He was the first and only black member to serve on the board, having been appointed in the late 1960s to fill a vacancy.
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.
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.
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.
June 5, 1991 - First Lady Barbara Bush and Muggsy Bogues promote the "Stay in School" program.
First Lady Barbara Bush and Charlotte Hornet Muggsy Bogues share a light moment during a visit to Piedmont Open Middle School during part of the NBA's "Stay in School" program.
May 1775 - Charlotte's Committee of Safety, men who keep order among the citizens, learns that Britain's Parliament has decreed the colonists are in a state of actual rebellion. The Crown will not tolerate this revolt against its authority and will send troops to suppress the uprisings.
August 16, 1780 - More than four years after colonists proclaimed their independence from Britain, fighting continues. Soldiers in the Southern American army, commanded by General Horatio Gates, are defeated by British troops at Camden, South Carolina.
October 12, 1780 - The people of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County continue to vex General Cornwallis. Skirmishes such as the Battle of the Bees just nine days earlier have shown the British commander that a military victory won't be easily won.
October 12, 1780 - The people of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County continue to vex General Cornwallis. Skirmishes such as the Battle of the Bees just nine days earlier have shown the British commander that a military victory won't be easily won.
Mount Holly, N. C. (not N. J.) 12 miles from Charlotte on the line of the Seaboard R. R. although the tanks of the 'Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey' makes you feel nearer to home than you are.
Scene at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. It is postmarked 12/19/1917. "Arrived to-day. My address is Co. L 7th Inf. U. S. A. Camp Greene N. C. Am well & hope
