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p.2Death occurred in the month of April.Rev. Floyd was one of the founders of the Normal School at Elizabethtown, NC.
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Will open a preparatory school in Charlotte opposite WW Long`s on Main or Tryon. Class will run through April.
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April 20, 1971 - The Supreme Court upholds Judge McMillan’s order in the Swann case.
Colonel William R. Myers donated the land for Biddle University around 1867. This school is known today as Johnson C. Smith University Physical Description: 8x10 glossy Publisher: Unknown
Elizabeth College Student - original in yearbook and papers of Elizabeth College.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
This image of First Presbyterian Church was taken prior to the addition of the Sunday School Building in 1894.
Physical Description: 4x5 negatives
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
The Teacherage was located on Trade Street in Matthews, North Carolina. Notice the school in the background. Photograph was taken on August 27, 1919.
Physical Description: 3x5 black and white
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Circullar walk in front of the school library at Davidson College, North Carolina
Physical Description: 3x5 - black and white
Publisher: White Drug Store
Tennis Team at Elizabeth College.Elizabeth College was located on Hawthorne Road. It opened in 1896. This popular school for girls remained in Charlotte until 1915.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
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Queens College is located on Selwyn Avenue. Founded in 1912 as a school for young women, it is now a co-ed university.
Physical Description: 35 mm Negative
Publisher: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
This image of First Presbyterian Church was taken prior to the addition of the Sunday School Building in 1894.
Physical Description: 4x4 print with 4 x 5 negative
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Every year, the best high school football players from North and South Carolina meet to play at the Shrine Bowl.
Physical Description: postcard packet
Publisher: Dexter Press
Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church was officially founded in 1915. The land for the church was donated by the Oakhurst Land Company. B. D.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash south of Midland AAF Bombardier school in March, 1943.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Most girls receive no formal education. They learn homemaking skills from their mothers. Families who can afford the $5 per session tuition send their daughters to Mrs. Milligan's Young Ladies' School. Pupils learn reading, writing, grammar and needlework. Five years later, Mrs.
April 7, 1867 - Mrs. Henry Biddle of Philadelphia contributes $1900, and Colonel W.R. Myers donates land west of Charlotte. Together, they help the Presbyterian Church establish Biddle Institute, a school to train black ministers. A Pennsylvania widow named Mrs. J.C.
January 19, 1965 - Darius and Vera Swann want their son, James, to attend school near the family's home. But since the Swanns are black, James is assigned to an all-black school farther away. Lawyer Julius Chambers files legal action against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
Kelly Alexander, Sr. becomes head of NC NAACP: 1948.
May 22, 1990 Rev. George Battle visited a Charlotte-Mecklenburg student who had been hurt in a school bus wreck. A long-time school board member, Battle served as head of that board for many years while he continued to lead Gethsemane AME Zion Church.
The Atherton Lyceum was built by the D. A. Tompkins, owner of the Atherton Mill. This two-story structure served as the village school in the daytime and provided adult education in the evening. The general store and townhall were also located inside the building.