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The Grace African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was founded by four men and seventeen women in December, 1887. The Church moved into this building on Brevard Street in 1900. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Good Samaritan Hospital was the first hospital built for African Americans in North Carolina. The original building was made on December 18, 1888. Physical Description: 3x5 Publisher: Dixie News Company
The Right Reverend Daniel J. Sanders was the first black president of Johnson C. Smith University. This photograph is also part of the African American Collection. Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
The Reverend William R. Douglas, served as pastor of the Little Rock AME Zion Church and oversaw the construction of the church on Seventh Street that once served as the African American Cultural Center.
Photo from an outside street view of the Red Circle Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Artist's sketch of Thad L. Tate who was one of Charlotte's earliest and most prominent African American businessmen. He came to Charlotte as a barber. In 1882, he opened his own shop, an enterprise that he would operate for 61 years.
St. Mark's Lutheran remains the oldest Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charlotte. Worship services were first held in 1859.
Thad Lincoln Tate (1865-1951) was one of Charlotte's earliest and most prominent African American businessmen. He came to Charlotte as a barber. In 1882, he opened his own shop, an enterprise that he would operate for 61 years.
Dr. John Taylor Williams (1859-1924) was a prominent figure in the history of African-Americans in Charlotte. Not only was he one of the first three black doctors licensed in North Carolina, Williams also served an educator and a businessman.
Affordable Housing
Early projects were intended to replace substandard housing for both whites and blacks. Occupants were required to be “natural or cohesive American families.”