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Richard Weathers

Richard Weathers in uniform during World War II. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Excelsior Club

Original Excelsior Club in 1944. The Club was renovated in 1984. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Thaddeus and Mary Tate

Thaddeus L. Tate and Mary L. Butler Tate. The Tate family lived in this elegant home at 504 East 7th Street. Thaddeus Tate opened a barber shop in 1882 which prospered for over sixty years. He co-founded several of Charlotte's leading black businesses, including the Afro-American Mutual Insurance Company and the Mecklenburg Investment Company. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Excelsior Club

Opening night at the Excelsior Club. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Grace A.M.E. Zion Church

The Grace African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was founded by four men and seventeen women in December, 1887. The Church moved into this building on Brevard Street in 1900. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Excelsior Club

Members of the first Board of Directors for the Excelsior Club. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Johnson C. Smith University's Sixty-Fifth Anniversary

The celebration of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the founding of JCSU and the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dr. H. L. McCrorey, President on April 7, 1932. Physical Description: Panorma shot. Print stored in oversize box. Publisher: Unknown