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College After Presbyterian College changed its name to Queens College and moved to a new facility in Myers Park, the building on North Street was converted into the College Apartments. Physical Description: 8 x 10 black and white Publisher:
Caption reads, Fatigue Duty.  Physical Description: Original in scrapbook Publisher:
2 copies SEE ALSO Charlotte High School (to 1920), Alexander Graham High School (1921-1923), Garinger High School (1959-present)
Games against Harding, North Mecklenburg, and Garinger High Schools
Undated and unnumbered. SEE ALSO Charlotte High School
<p>SEE ALSO Charlotte High School</p>
First Lady Barbara Bush and Muggsy Bogues
June 5, 1991 - First Lady Barbara Bush and Muggsy Bogues promote the "Stay in School" program. First Lady Barbara Bush and Charlotte Hornet Muggsy Bogues share a light moment during a visit to Piedmont Open Middle School during part of the NBA's "Stay in School" program.
Celesta Shropshire and William McCullough look over the former site of Second Ward
July 1970 - Second Ward High School, the first high school for black children in the county, is demolished as part of urban renewal.
First day of integrated education, West Charlotte HS
September 9, 1970 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is integrated.
Samuel B. Pride, principal at Myers Street School, c. 1915. ROBERT JACKSON. Right: The Myers Street School, built in 1886, was the only public graded school serving blacks until 1907. The two story, wooden building had eight classrooms and was called the "Jacob's Ladder School" by the children because of its exterior stairways. From: Colored Charlotte, courtesy of QUEENS COLLEGE LIBRARY
  Samuel B. Pride, principal at Myers Street School, c. 1915. ROBERT JACKSON.
The fifth grade class, Alexander Street School, May 1930. The school was located on the corner of Alexander and 12th streets. LAURA SPEARS MALONE
  The fifth grade class, Alexander Street School, May 1930. The school was located on the corner of Alexander and 12th streets. LAURA SPEARS MALONE  
Kindergarten class at Fairview Elementary School. Alice Haynes Kibler, at age 5, is on the front row, far right. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
West Charlotte High School Senior Prom, 1950. JAMES G. CROSBY.
  West Charlotte High School Senior Prom, 1950. JAMES G. CROSBY.  
Floyd McKissick enters UNC Law School:
Dorothy Counts, enduring abuse at Harding High School
September 4, 1957: Three years after the US Supreme Court decision in favor of desegregation, four courageous young people change Charlotte forever when they become the first black students to enroll in all-white schools.
Rev. Coleman Kerry
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.
July 1974 - The school board approves desegregation plan.
The Junior Band, West Charlotte High School, 1943. ANITA BALDWIN.
  The Junior Band, West Charlotte High School, 1943. ANITA BALDWIN.
Sewing class, West Charlotte High School, 1943. ANITA BALDWIN.
  Sewing class, West Charlotte High School, 1943. ANITA BALDWIN.  
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.