Many of Charlotte's African-American families have lived in the Beatties Ford Road area for decades. Some of the neighborhoods off Beatties Ford Road include: Biddleville, Five Points, Dalebrook, Lincoln Heights, McCrorey Heights, Oaklawn Park, Oaklawn Terrace, Seversville, Smallwood, Taylor Avenue, University Park, Washington Heights, Wesley Heights.

These photographs from a Biddleville family give the flavor of neighborhood life:

• Marty Johnson in front of her home on Douglas St. off Beatties Ford Rd. [2] The westside water works can be seen in the background.
• Marty and Don Johnson in the snow at 2215 Douglas Street [3]
• Marty's little brother, Don, at play on Douglas Street [4]
• Marty and Claude Saunders in front of Dean McKinney's house on Douglas Street [5].
• "Ma Jay" Johnson on Douglas Street [6]
• Ilda in front of Dean McKinney's house on Douglas Street [7]
• Biddleville Presbyterian Church "Mother of the Year," Mrs. Margaret C. Johnson [8], around 1950.

Douglas Street and the homes on it were demolished to make way for the Brookshire Freeway.