Vermelle Diamond, crowned queen of the Queen City Classic, 1947. The Queen City Classic was the annual football game between rival high schools Second Ward and West Charlotte. Miss Diamond is flanked by J. E. Grigsby, principal of Second Wardand C. L. Blake, principal of West Charlotte.
SECOND WARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
One of 26 original Rosenwald schools built in Mecklenburg County, the Billingsville School opened in 1927, and is still in use today.
SECOND WARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
The Tonettes at Isabella Wyche School.
SECOND WARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
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The fifth grade class, Alexander Street School, May 1930. The school was located on the corner of Alexander and 12th streets.
LAURA SPEARS MALONE
Samuel B. Pride, principal at Myers Street School, c. 1915.
ROBERT JACKSON.
Right: The Myers Street School, built in 1886, was the only public graded school serving blacks until 1907. The two story, wooden building had eight classrooms and was called the "Jacob's Ladder School" by the children because of its exterior stairways.
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The Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. It is the first international fraternal organization to be founded on the campus of a historically black college. This is a picture of the Charlotte Chapter. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown