Neighborhoods [1]
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.
![Beatties Ford Road Beatties Ford Road](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-1.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-2.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-3_0.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-4.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-5.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-6.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-7.png)
![Biddleville Biddleville](https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/neighborhood-8.png)
The African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Vol. 2. Charlotte, NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1998. Computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in.