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Each year on the second Sunday in September, hundreds gathered in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood to experience the parade honoring Bishop C. M. Grace.
Each year on the second Sunday in September, hundreds gathered in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood to experience the parade honoring Bishop C. M. Grace.
February 11, 1990 - Human rights activist Nelson Mandela is released from prison by South African president F.W. deKlerk after 27 years.
October 1990 - President Bush vetoes the Civil Rights Act.
April 23, 1969 - Judge McMillan orders the Charlotte school board to eliminate segregated schools.
July 1974 - The school board approves desegregation plan.
July 18, 1994 - Rev. Cameron and activists reclaim Genesis Park.
The war has ended but unrest at home is just beginning. Visit this decade marked by the entrance of rock 'n roll and desegregation. Read about the infamous US Supreme Court Case, Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education, which outlaws school segregation by race.
May 1963 - Charlotte hotels and restaurants begin to desegregate.
During this turbulent decade, Charlotte's African Americans are active participants in the battle for civil rights. Urban renewal begins in earnest with the demolition of Charlotte's Ward neighborhoods.
Rationing sets limits on how much sugar, meat, and other everyday goods Americans are allowed to buy during times of war.
Rameses Temple members pose in front of the Brevard Street Library - July 28, 1944. Opened in 1905, the Brevard Street Library was the first to serve North Carolina's black community.
Charlotte's Charles Parks plays with the Newark Eagles in the Negro Baseball League.
Charlotte's Charles Younge, holding the bat, stands beside Dodger Jackie Robinson and Charlotte Observer carriers.
Jackie Robinson plays second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before that time, blacks could only play in separate Negro leagues.
Dr. H.L. McCrorey served as president of Johnson C. Smith University from 1907 to 1947.
The photo shows Dr. and Mrs. H.L. McCrorey in their home.
The Queen City Classic football game becomes an annual contest between the two black high schools, Second Ward and West Charlotte.
Allegra Westbrooks comes to head the Negro Library Services for the Public Library. She becomes well-known as a career woman within the broader Charlotte professional community.
Kelly Alexander, Sr. becomes head of NC NAACP: 1948.