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May 1969 - The Concerned Parents Association responds to the integration ruling.
This decade ushers in the conclusion of the emotionally-charged school desegregation plan in Charlotte. Watch Judge McMillan discuss the impact desegregation has had on the Charlotte community and how the Chambers family was affected by the Swann case.
January 1, 1970 - New Year's Dinner with Anita Stroud. Anita Stroud continues her work serving New Year’s Eve dinner to "her children."
Rev. Colemon Kerry, Jr., pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, is defeated in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board election by anti-busing opponents. He was the first and only black member to serve on the board, having been appointed in the late 1960s to fill a vacancy.
June 20, 1970 - The House of Prayer on McDowell St. is torn down as part of urban renewal in Second Ward.
July 5, 1970 - Rev. Colemon Kerry, Jr., leads the dedication of the new Friendship Baptist Church on Beatties Ford Road.
July 1970 - Second Ward High School, the first high school for black children in the county, is demolished as part of urban renewal.
September 1970 - First pairing of a black and a white police officer as partners.
Black policemen had received full status in 1949.
In 1970 black policemen are paired with white partners for the first time.
February 4, 1971 - The law office of Julius Chambers is set on fire.
January, 1971 - The auto repair shop of the father of civil rights attorney Julius Chambers is burned down.
1971 - The North State Law Enforcement Association, a professional association for black police officers, sues the City of Charlotte.
December 12, 1971 - Charlotte dentist and Presbyterian minister Dr. Reginald Hawkins runs for Governor on the Democratic ballot. Four years earlier, he had become the first black to run for governor in North Carolina.
February 17, 1972 - Author Maya Angelou speaks at Johnson C. Smith University
June 3, 1972 - Phil Berry is the first black to be elected to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board.
A local banker, Berry will become board chair four years later.
Earlier Rev. Colemon Kerry had been appointed to the board, but lost when he ran for a seat.
July 15, 1972 - The Charlotte Three are convicted of firebombing.
October 28, 1972 - Police beat student at East Mecklenburg.
1973 - Leroy "Pop" Miller becomes the first black principal at formerly all-white East Mecklenburg High School. He becomes as beloved at East Mecklenburg High School as he was at West Charlotte.
