African American Album Volume 2 [1]
An African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was first published as a book of photographs in 1992. It documented the community's history up to 1950.
In 1998 a second volume came out in the form of a CD-ROM. It took the story up to the late 1990s. This exhibit displays the pictures and text from that work under four headings:
- Events [2] - A timeline shows events in the history of the African American community of Charlotte from World War II to the late 1990s.
- Places [3] - Maps and photographs illustrate the oldest African American neighborhoods in Charlotte.
- Keepsakes [2] - A set of photographs demonstrate changing styles and schools in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
- Heritage [4] - A set of four exhibits on the history of Beatties Ford Road, the black churches of Charlotte, schools before desegregation, and the first day of desegregation in 1957.
Exhibit & Section:
Main Image:
Source:
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.
Exhibit Date:
1940 to 1999
Exhibit Summary:
Your online photograph album of the lives of African Americans in Charlotte and in Mecklenburg County from the 1940s through the 1990s. Browse through miles of memories in this beautifully created electronic album capturing the past sixty years. Explore the rich history, treasured moments and dynamic people who have made a difference to this area of North Carolina.