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1980 - Stevenson First Black Woman on Charlotte School Board
Event Date:
1980
Event Type:
80s Charlotte 1980-1989
1980 - Stevenson becomes the first black woman on the Charlotte school board.
- Sarah Mingo Stevenson becomes the first black woman on the Charlotte school board.
- Stevenson will serve on the board for eight years. She is defeated in 1988 when many newcomers and a new generation of parents question Charlotte's commitment to desegregation.
- She is also the first African American woman to serve on the Charlotte PTA Council.
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