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The Blacksmith Shop, Biddle University. This photograph was probably taken before 1907 when the trades were emphasized at Biddle. JCSU ARCHIVES.
Gertrude Graves McMillan bathing her niece Edwynna Pharr, 1925. GLADYS GRAVES PHARR. Right: A. E. Spears Jr., seated, and Kelly M. Alexander, c. 1921. MRS. KELLY ALEXANDER, SR.
Gertrude Graves McMillan bathing her niece Edwynna Pharr, 1925. GLADYS GRAVES PHARR.
The Phillips family, 1939. Left to right, seated: Edgar, Annie, Mildred. Standing: Robert, Helen, Elbert. MILDRED ALRIDGE.
  The Phillips family, 1939. Left to right, seated: Edgar, Annie, Mildred. Standing: Robert, Helen, Elbert. MILDRED ALRIDGE.  
The Haynes family at the piano, 1949. At the piano is Alice, with her parents Bernard and Mary Grace. ALICE H. KIBLER. Right: The Wallace children, 1946. Left to right: Virginia, Floyd, Evelyn. VIRGINIA KEOGH.
  The Haynes family at the piano, 1949. At the piano is Alice, with her parents Bernard and Mary Grace. ALICE H. KIBLER.
The Tate Family, c. 1910. Left to right, front row: Aurelia (Midge), William, Thaddeus L. Tate, Sr., Mildred, Mary Butler Tate, Talmadge, Edwin. Second Row: Thaddeus Jr., Maggie, Estelle, Cora. Inset: Guion. LAURA M. BOOTON.
The Tate Family, c. 1910.Left to right, front row: Aurelia (Midge), William, Thaddeus L. Tate, Sr.,Mildred, Mary Butler Tate, Talmadge, Edwin.Second Row: Thaddeus Jr., Maggie, Estelle, Cora. Inset: Guion. LAURA M. BOOTON.  
Left: Lula, Jerry and Robert Pugh. ANITA BALDWIN. Right: John, Thomas and James Martin, sons of Isaac M. and Rebecca G. Martin, 1907. JEANNE BRAYBOY.
Left: Lula, Jerry and Robert Pugh. ANITA BALDWIN.
Dr. E. French Tyson practiced in Charlotte from 1913 to 1950. MAYE T. JACKSON.   Right: His home was located at 907 South Brevard Street. LAURA M. BOOTON.
  Dr. E. French Tyson practiced in Charlotte from 1913 to 1950. MAYE T. JACKSON.
Deacon Board of the First Baptist Church, c. 1945. Left to right, front row: James Bratton, Homer Bonner, Porter Connor, Edgar Phillips, the Reverend J. H. Moore. Back row: Ellis Hunter, James Brown, unknown, J. Knight. MILDRED ALRIDGE.
Deacon Board of the First Baptist Church, c. 1945. Left to right, front row: James Bratton, Homer Bonner, Porter Connor, Edgar Phillips, the Reverend J. H. Moore.
Watson Park, in Washington Heights, was the only park in Charlotte for the use of blacks in 1915. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY. Right: A variety of social activities were regularly reported on in the In and Around the City column in the Star of Zion. These announcements are from the January 21, 1897 issue.
  Watson Park, in Washington Heights, was the only park in Charlotte for the use of blacks in 1915. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY.
Silver Star Bible Class, Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, Thanksgiving Day, 1916
Silver Star Bible Class, Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, Thanksgiving Day, 1916  
Margaret Neal and her brother Virlie at their home on First St., 1927. VIRGINIA E. KEOGH. Right: Margaret Neal at 18 years, upon her graduation from Second Ward High School, 1939. VIRGINIA E. KEOGH.
  Margaret Neal and her brother Virlie at their home on First St., 1927. VIRGINIA E. KEOGH. Right: Margaret Neal at 18 years, upon her graduation from Second Ward High School, 1939.
Dr. Roy S. Wynn was Charlotte's first black ophthalmologist, opening his office in 1941, and the first black citizen to serve on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority. MARIA WYNN. Right: Nellie McKenzie was the first black public health nurse in Charlotte. From: Little Visits with the Charlotte Cooperative Nursing Association Highlights from the Report of 1927. PLCMC
  Dr. Roy S. Wynn was Charlotte's first black ophthalmologist, opening his office in 1941, and the first black citizen to serve on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority. MARIA WYNN
Dr. and Mrs. Theophilus McKinney. Dr. McKinney was academic dean of Johnson C. Smith University, 1929 - 1962, and Mrs. McKinney taught English in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. ELOISE McKINNEY JOHNSON. Right: Dr. and Mrs. Hardy Liston. Dr. Liston was president of Johnson C. Smith University from 1947 - 1956. AURELIA LISTON LAW.
  Dr. and Mrs. Theophilus McKinney. Dr. McKinney was academic dean of Johnson C. Smith University, 1929 - 1962, and Mrs. McKinney taught English in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

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