The Little Rock AME Zion Church was originally located in Third Ward. In 1919, the building was moved to Myers Street in First Ward. It took several days, and it was necessary to hold a funeral in the sanctuary during the move.
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church at the corner of South McDowell and Bell Court was organized in 1911.
The Silver Star Bible Class at Brooklyn Presbyterian Church on Thanksgiving Day in 1916.
Groundbreaking for the new First Baptist Church site. Left to right: Walter Taylor Sr., Irma Bland, Mildred Aldridge, Mary Kendrick, Bessie Franks, and Donald Kendrick.
Workmen weld one pair of tuned bells into place at First Baptist Church - West's new sanctuary on Oaklawn Ave.
"Rock of Ages:" Charlotte's Black Churches Weather Adversity and Retain Strength
by Kathleen McLain
Adapted from the Charlotte Observer, February 8, 1987
The first black church in Charlotte was a wooded grove where the Duke Power building stands in downtown today. As early as 1840, slaves who could slip away gathered under the branches to sing and pray.
The following text is taken from an article in the Charlotte Observer: “Rock of ages: Charlotte`s black churches weather adversity, retain strength,” by Kathleen McLain. (Charlotte Observer, February 8, 1987, p.1A)
Freedom Creates New Churches
The first black church in Charlotte was a wooded grove where the Duke Power building stands in downtown today. As early as 1840, slaves who could slip away gathered under the branches to sing and pray.