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October 15, 1974 - Charlotte becomes "The City that Made Integration Work."
November 5, 1974 - Charlottean Fred Alexander becomes the first of two blacks to serve in the North Carolina State Senate since Reconstruction. Photo shows Fred Alexander meeting with his constituents, A.A. and Jennie Cobb.
December 16, 1975 - Gantt is appointed to the city council to serve an unexpired term.
1976 - The UNC-Charlotte basketball team wins its first national recognition.
1977 - The Black Caucus helps establish district representation in Charlotte.
November 1979 - Ron Leeper is elected to the city council.
November 11, 1981 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated on this Veteran’s Day. Photo shows Frederick Smith at a Charlotte Veterans’ Observance.
1981 - McDonald’s Cafeteria moves.
McDonald’s Cafeteria, a landmark in the westside community, moves to I-85 and Beatties Ford Rd.
Owner John McDonald, middle, breaks ground
June 30, 1982 - Richardson is elected to the state senate.
Photo - Jim Richardson of Charlotte is congratulated by a youth.
A graduate of Second Ward, Richardson becomes known as a highly effective legislator.
November 1981- Edmund Cannon is killed.
July 1982 - Ernest Coleman is killed
1983 - Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday becomes a federal holiday.
August 18, 1984 - Kelly Alexander, Sr. is honored by the NAACP.
1985 - The Color Purple is shot in nearby Marshville.
Charlotte musicians Johnny Holloway (pictured) and Maria Howell appear in the Steven Spielberg film.
Additional photo shows Spielberg at work.
The Little Rock AME Zion Church, one of the few churches to survive urban renewal, is turned into the Afro-American Cultural Center. Photo shows an exhibit at the Center.