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Dr. Roy S. Wynn

Dr. Roy S. Wynn was the first black citizen to serve on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Floyd and Margaret Wallace, Sr

Floyd and Margaret Wallace, Sr. and Floyd Wallace, Jr., 1941, at home on Long Street. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Reverend William R. Douglas (1858 - 1914)

The Reverend William R. Douglas, served as pastor of the Little Rock AME Zion Church and oversaw the construction of the church on Seventh Street that once served as the African American Cultural Center. He and his family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee sometime after 1912 where he died three years later on June 4, 1914. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Morgan Street School

Faculty of Myers Street Elementary School. In the back row, left, B. D. Roberts, principal stands. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Virginia and Evelyn Wallace Children

Virginia Wallace Keogh and Evelyn Wallace Byrd. Their parents were Floyd George and Margaret Neal Wallace. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Phyllis Wheatley YWCA

The Planning Committee of the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA. Left to right: unknown, Eloise Usher, Elizabeth Randolph, Eva Long, Allegra Westbrooks, Goldwyn Foster, Floretta Douglas Gunn, Romenia Ford, Willie Mae Porter, unknown. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Spears Family

Family of Arthur Eugene Spears - Arthur Spears was an executive with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Back row, left to right: Laura Elizabeth Spears Malone (1911-2011), Arthur Spears, Sr. (1884-1981), wife Daisy Ancrum Spears,  Arthur Spears,  Jr. (1916-2000). Seated: Daisy Spears Stroud (1921-), John Merrick Spears (1919-1939) and Louise (1913). Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

7th Street Presbyterian Church

A Sunday School Class at 7th Street Presbyterian Church. Dr. D. J. Martin was the teacher. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown