John Southerland
John Southerland, of Charlotte, appears in this group of graduates of the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland, May 24, 1945.
ANITA BALDWIN.
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Sumter Denis Moore and Carl F. Neal
Sumter Denis Moore, a staff sergeant in World War II.
THEODORA HENDRY WASHINGTON.
Right: Carl F. Neal and friend Fred Hayes were stationed in Dallas when they posed together for this photograph.
DOROTHY NEAL CROCKETT.
World War II Rationing Board, Colored Section
World War II Rationing Board, Colored Section.Left to right, front row: Arthur E. Grier, R. P. Wilson, Dr. Nathaniel S. Tross, Adelaide Hunt, Henry Houston.Second row: Thad L. Tate, Clarence Moreland, Jesse Bowser.Back row: Fred Alexander, Dr. Thomas Watkins, Clinton L. Blake, c. 1942.
LAURA M. BOOTON.
Sergeant Major Zachariah Alexander
Sergeant Major Zachariah Alexander served in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry in the Spanish-American War, c. 1898.
MRS. KELLY M. ALEXANDER, SR.
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Colonel C. S. L. A. Taylor and Brothers Theodore and Newton Hendry
Colonel C. S. L. A. Taylor led the Charlotte Light Infantry, a black military company, which was called into active service to fight in the Spanish-American War. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY.
Right: Brothers Theodore, left, and Newton Hendry served together in World War I.
THEODORA HENDRY WASHINGTON.
Sergeant Major Zachariah Alexander
Sergeant Major Zachariah Alexander served in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry in the Spanish-American War, c. 1898.
MRS. KELLY M. ALEXANDER, SR.
Charlotte Doctors
Charlotte doctors who served in the Howard University ROTC, c. 1920. Left to right: W. E. Hill, Russell Lewis, Hobart T. Allen, Lawrence McCrorey, J. N. Seabrooks, R. M. Wyche, Connie Jenkins.
CAROLYN WYCHE
Advertisements for Black Businesses
Advertisements for black-owned businesses, 1915. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY.
Henry and Mariah Houston
Henry and Mariah Houston, c. 1940. Mr. Houston was the founder and publisher of the Charlotte Post.
EVA C. HOUSTON.
Sallie Phelps and the Brevard Street Library for Negroes
Brevard Street Library for Negroes was the first public library for blacks in North Carolina. Funded by the City of Charlotte and donations from the black community, it opened in 1905 in the heart of the Brooklyn neighborhood. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY.
Right: Sallie Phelps, librarian at the Brevard Street Library during the 1940s.
ANITA BALDWIN.