Thanks to the many people whose heart and soul went into the research and production of this project.

An African American Album Project Board
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Charlotte Observer
Production Team
Special Thanks
Contributions
Acknowledgments

Project Board of Directors
Vermelle Diamond Ely, Chairman
Mildred P. Alridge
Mildred Yongue Mosley
Dorothy Broomfield Cherry
Elizabeth Randolph
Price Davis

An African American Album Vol 1
Elizabeth Randolph, Editor
Pat Ryckman, Project Coordinator

An African American Album Vol. 2 Project Development
Interactive Knowledge, Inc.
Kathryn Frye

Board of Trustees
Peter Keber - Chairman
Elizabeth S. Randolph - Vice Chairman
Patsy B. Kinsey
Patty Norman
Ruth G. Shaw
C. Don Steger
Dr. William P. Wood

Former Library Trustees
Sara H. Bissell
William A. Coley
John T. Fielder
Rev. Calvin A. Hood
Eleanor R. Morris
James Dennis Rash
Calvin Wallace

Administration
Robert E. Cannon - Executive Director
Judith K. Sutton - Deputy Director
Carol B. Myers - Chief of Public Services
Richard H. Rosenthal - Chief of Operations
Charles J. Mallas - Finance Director
Patricia J. Siegfried - Youth Services Director
Dick Pahle - Marketing & Development Director
Jessica Walter - Program Director
Sharon M. Johnston - Public Relations Director

The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room
Chris Bates, Curator and Manager
Shelia Bumgarner
Valerie Burnie
Rosemary Lands
Katherine Neer
Kathryn Finger
Vanessa McKinnon

The Virtual Library
Mike Moyer, Manager of the Virtual Library
Bryan Alsop
Colleen Beale
Gregg Byrum
Wendy Carr
Julia Hanson
Randy Phillips
Josh Simpson
Catherine Torrence
Regina Young

Both the book and the CD-ROM were partly funded through generous contributions by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Established in 1950, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation makes national grants in journalism, education and the field of arts and culture. It also contributes to organizations in 27 communities where the communications company founded by the Knight brothers has published or continues to publish newspapers but is wholly separate from and independent of those newspapers.

Photographs from the Charlotte Observer form the basis of Vol. 2. In addition, several articles from the newspaper are used in the product. The generous support of the Observer's librarians, reporters, and photographers was crucial to this project.

Librarians
Sarah Klemmer
Ann Bryant

Photographers from the Charlotte Observer

Wilton Abel Bill Billings Wes Bobbitt Hank Daniel John Daughtry James Denning Phil Drake Jim Dumbell Tom Estridge Tom Franklin Candace Freeland Gerard Fritz T. Ortega Gaines Davie Hinshaw Elmer Horton Don Hunter Jeep Hunter Diedra Laird

Bob Leverone Don Martin Bill McAllister Laura Mueller David Nance Gary O'Brien Gary Parker Steve Perille Susan Post Christopher Record John Simmons Jeff Siner Mark Sluder Jim Strickland Ken Sturgeon Don Sturkey Jim Wilson

Photo Editors
Kent Johnson
Cameron Meeks

Writers
Frye Gaillard, "Charlotte's Corridor Symbolizes Tradition," Charlotte Observer, 8 June 1990.
© 1990 The Charlotte Observer

Jeri Fischer Krentz, "Swank Social Club Celebrates 60 years," Charlotte Observer, 21 November 1994.
© 1994 The Charlotte Observer

Kathleen McClain, "Rock of Ages," Charlotte Observer, 8 February 1987.
© 1987 The Charlotte Observer

Polly Paddock, "Somebody had to be First," Charlotte Observer, 12 April 1992.
© 1992 The Charlotte Observer

Valca Valentine, "The Road to Freedom," Charlotte Observer , 9 December 1989.
© 1989 The Charlotte Observer

Produced by Interactive Knowledge

Developed and designed by
Interactive Knowledge and
Kathryn Frye

Multimedia Design and Development
Chuck Barger
Naomi Friedman
Patrick Hart
Robin Hicks
Andrea Klauss
Aaron Knight
Jennifer McCoy
Tim Songer
Chris Wooten

Web Exhibit Design and Development
Chuck Barger
David Conlin
Susan Fore
Andrea Klauss
Tim Songer

Project Content Coordinator
Kathryn Frye

Art Director
Andrea Klauss, Outpost Design

Coordinator of Digital Imaging
Dick Ridley

Contributing Writer / Editor
Amy Rogers

Final Project Editors
Chris Bates
Lois Kilkka

Liner Notes Writer
Diane Hogan

Audio Engineer
Doc Russell, Wireknot Studios

Video Compression Engineer
Art Merrick, Effective Graphics

Advantica restaurant group
Additional Financial support for the CD-ROM project provided by
Advantica restaurant group.

Many groups and individuals gave generously of their time and resources.
We give them special thanks.

Groups:
Arcadia Publishing
Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission
City of Charlotte Corporate Communications
City of Charlotte Economic Development Division
Friendship Baptist Church
Hill's Charlotte City Directory, Hill Directory Co., Inc., Publishers
Mecklenburg County Public Service and Information
NC Center for Educational Films
Northwest Corridor Community Development Corporation
Sanborn Map Co.
Second Ward High School National Alumni Foundation, Inc.
Wachovia Bank
Wax Museum
WBTV
West Charlotte Alumni Association

Individuals:
Rev. DeGrandval Burke
Dot Flagg
Dr. Chris Folk
Benjamin Frye
Darrellynn Kiser
Omar Monteith
James Peeler
John Rogers
Gerson and Daisy Stroud
Derek Wood

CONTRIBUTORS

Mrs. Kelly Alexander, Sr. Mildred P. Alridge Anita Baldwin Mrs. Miriam Grigsby Bates Vanessa Baxter Marjorie Belton Alma Blake Geraldine Johnson Blenman Dothan Boothe The Reverend and Mrs. Ray A. Booton Mrs. Jeanne Brayboy Bernard L. Brown Ethel Bryant Ethel M. Cannon Peggy Curry Carr Joan and John Carothers The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Post Philip Cherry Mrs. B. Pauline Hoover Coffey Charles E. Coffey Franklin Coley and Family Thelma M. Colston Deborah J. and Katie Craig Dorothy Neal Crockett James G. Crosby Judy Crumpler Gwendolyn Cunningham Thelma C. Currence Annie Mae Dale Price F. Davis Kenneth Diamond Jr. Robbie Dolphus Reginald Douglas C. Morgan Edwards Mrs. S.D. Elkins Vermelle Ely First United Presbyterian Church Dot Flagg Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Johnny Gray Ophelia Carson Gray Andrew Grier Mrs. Floretta Douglas Gunn Joseph Walter Harper, III Frances Wright Hayden Mrs. Eva C. Houston Adelaide Hunt Vincent Ingram Vivian Irving Maye Tyson Jackson Robert A. Jackson Jerald Melberg Gallery Inc. Eloise McKinney Johnson Esther Johnson Shirley Johnson Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) Library Johnson C. Smith University Office of Public Relations Ione Jones Virginia E. Keogh Alice H. Kibler The Sam Kirkpatrick Family Knight Foundation M. L. LaNey

Aurelia Liston Law Hattie Leeper Vera W. Lewers Gloria D. McClain Robenia D. McCullough Mrs. Minnie McKee Mrs. Laura Spears Malone Marion P. Watermann Manigault Pecola A. Maxwell Ladd May Donald "Cannonball" McClure Trilby P. Meeks Evelyn H. Monteith Mrs. Bessie Watkins Mulliens Dee Dee Murphy Rolfe Neill Dennis Nodine National Primitive Baptist Convention Martha Parks Robert Parks Gertrude Harper Pearson Nancy E. Pethel Mrs. Gladys Graves Pharr Jacqueline A. Pharr Samuel Pittman L. E. Poe Lew Powell Lydia Pride Marilyn Pride Queens College Library Elizabeth S. Randolph Sam Reid Al Ricks Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Rippy Elder Thomas W. Samuels Martha Eve Schneck Second Ward National Alumni Association Matthew Shute Mr. and Mrs. Gerson Stroud The Reverend Morgan W. Tann Anita Thornton Kenneth Vinson The Vinson Family Derrick Wallace Theodora Hendry Washington Ellen Watte Tommy Williams Mrs. Cecelia Jackson Wilson Paula Wilson Virginia Wood Mrs. Carolyn Wyche Mrs. Maria Wynn

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Items from this exhibit may be shared in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of U.S. copyright law. Redistribution or republication on other terms, in any medium, requires express written consent from and advance notification of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Permission to reproduce the graphic images and some of the text in this exhibit have been granted by the owners of the original content for this exhibit only.

Video
Kathryn Frye, "The Dream Long Deferred." NC Center for Educational Film, 1992.
© 1992 NC Center for Educational Film

Kathryn Frye, "The Mighty Lions." NC Center for Educational Film, 1996.
© 1996 NC Center for Educational Film

Articles
Cora L. Bennett and Dudley W. Crawford. "Henry Houston (Negro Newspaperman)." American Life Histories, Manuscripts from the Federal Writer’_ Project, 1936-1940. Online. American Memory-Library of Congress. Available HTTP: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html. 22 December 1997.

Frye Gaillard, "Charlotte's Corridor Symbolizes Tradition," Charlotte Observer, 8 June 1990.
© 1990 The Charlotte Observer

Jeri Fischer Krentz, "Swank Social Club Celebrates 60 years," Charlotte Observer, 21 November 1994.
© 1994 The Charlotte Observer

Kathleen McClain, "Rock of Ages," Charlotte Observer, 8 February 1987.
© 1987 The Charlotte Observer

Polly Paddock, "Somebody had to be First," Charlotte Observer, 12 April 1992.
© 1992 The Charlotte Observer

Valca Valentine, "The Road to Freedom," Charlotte Observer , 9 December 1989.
© 1989 The Charlotte Observer

"History of Johnson C. Smith University." Online. Johnson C. Smith University. Available HTTP: http://www.jcsu.edu/. 14 January 1998. Courtesy of the Office of Public Relations, Johnson C. Smith University.

Images
Photograph. Jackie Harrison Barrett campaign in 1992. Used with permission of Bud Smith.
© 1992 by Bud Smith.

Photograph. Wilbert Harrison. Relic Records Productions Incorporated. Fury Records 8023: Wilbertt Harrison: Kansas City. Information about this photograph is not reasonably available.

Photograph. Jodeci. Courtesy of Uptown/MCA Records.

Books
Ruth Leary Love, Plum Thickets and Field Daisies. Charlotte, NC: The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1996.
© 1996 Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Toni Morrison. "This Site of Memory." Connections: A Multicultural Reader for Writers, edited by Judith A. Stanford. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co., 1993. First published in The-Book-of-the-Month Club, 1987.
© 1987 by Toni Morrison.