Black and White

Ethel McCullough

Ethel McCullough, c. 1928.

FRANKLIN COLEY.

Previous Table of Contents Next

The Dragons, 1935. Left to right, front row: Ed Durham, Albert Phillips, Kelly Alexander, J. B. Lauren, Matthew Lindsay, Bill Lytle. Second Row: Leonard "Chicken" Barksdale, Marco Glenn, Harold McKnight, David Williams, Bill Haygood. Back row: Albert Kennedy, Tom Simmons, Weldon Brown, Johnny Gray, Lovette Warner.

THEODORA HENDRY WASHINGTON.

Swimming Pool

This swimming pool was one of few recreational opportunities for blacks in Charlotte in the years before desegregation.

SECOND WARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

Previous Table of Contents Next

Planning Committee of Phyllis Wheatley YWCA and Meeting of the Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary

The planning committee of the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, meeting in the late 1940s. The Phyllis Wheatley Branch was established in 1916.

FLORETTA DOUGLAS GUNN.

Right: A meeting of the Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary in the 1940s.

FLORETTA DOUGLAS GUNN.

Watson Park and Social Activities

Watson Park, in Washington Heights, was the only park in Charlotte for the use of blacks in 1915. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY.

Right: A variety of social activities were regularly reported on in the In and Around the City column in the Star of Zion. These announcements are from the January 21, 1897 issue.