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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.
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Caption reads, Fatigue Duty.
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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
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.
July 1970 - Second Ward High School, the first high school for black children in the county, is demolished as part of urban renewal.
September 9, 1970 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is integrated.
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
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.
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. 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.
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.