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On September 4, 1957 Delois Huntley becomes the first black student at the old Alexander Graham Junior High on Morehead Street. Her first day's experience is less eventful than any of the other desegregation pioneers.
Gus Roberts at Central High School
On September 4, 1957, sixteen-year-old Gus Roberts arrives at Central High School with his father. Hundreds of students stand on the front steps, watching. Principal Ed Sanders welcomes Gus and his father and makes sure the crowd behaves peacefully. Gus goes to class.
Dorothy Counts at Harding High School
The crowd at all-white Harding High School is angry and ready for trouble when 15-year-old Dorothy Counts arrives escorted by Dr. Edwin Thompkins, a family friend. She is greeted by an angry crowd. Even teachers at the school express their displeasure, some with words and some with silence. 
Sarah Mingo Stevenson, first black woman on Charlotte Board of Education
1980 - Stevenson becomes the first black woman on the Charlotte school board.
King speaks to Charlotte's black high schools
May 30, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at a convocation of the area's black high schools.
Girvaud Roberts at Piedmont Junior High
When Girvaud Robers and her mother arrive at Piedmont Junior High, the students and their parents stare at them, but there is no violence.