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March 15, 1992 - The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County publishes An African American Album. Families throughout the community have shared their treasured photographs.
March 15, 1992 - An African American Album is presented to the public.
The first school for 253 black students opens in the basement of the black community's Episcopal Church. An important advocate for blacks arrives: Dr. J.T. Williams, a renowned doctor and educator.
November 3, 1992 - Charlotte's Mel Watt and Warrenton's Eva Clayton are the first blacks from North Carolina elected to the U.S. Congress since the era that followed the Civil War more than 100 years ago.
December 14, 1976 - Charlotte's African American women are honored by UNC.
November 3, 1992 - Watt and Clayton are elected to Congress.
March 15, 1986 - The Afro-American Cultural Center opens. It is located in the old Little Rock AME Zion Church on the edge of the First Ward neighborhood. The center sponsors theater, art and exhibitions that celebrate the African American history of Charlotte.
NC pays tuition for African Americans to attend universities.
Local governments must often make unpopular decisions about how to deal with areas of substandard housing and roads. In poor or run-down neighborhoods, it can be difficult to determine whether the cost of fixing up old buildings is worth the expense.
February 11, 1990 - Human rights activist Nelson Mandela is released from prison by South African president F.W. deKlerk after 27 years.
November 3, 1992 - Jackie Harrison Barrett becomes the first African American woman to be elected sheriff.
August 27, 1956 - The final link of Independence Blvd. is completed.
October 16, 1969 - Vietnam War protest at Johnson C. Smith. Students at Johnson C. Smith University protest against the Vietnam War. Photo caption: During the war, a larger percentage of African Americans serve in combat than are in the general population.
July 29, 1988 - Emory is elected Chairman of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission. Attorney Frank Emory becomes the first African American Chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission.
August 29, 1957- Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first legislation of that type in 82 years.
November 20, 1996 - Toni Morrison, the first African American to win the Nobel Prize, speaks at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s NOVELLO Festival.
