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March 31, 1988 - The Charlotte Observer wins journalism's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize. Reporters have written over 600 stories about Reverend Jim Bakker and the scandal surrounding his ministry, PTL.
November, 1993 - President Bill Clinton signs legislation that expands the Catawba Indian reservation to 4,200 acres.
July 2, 1994 - As the busy July 4th weekend begins, travelers in Columbia, South Carolina, board US Air flight 1016. On the approach to Charlotte, something goes terribly wrong. The plane crashes in a residential neighborhood near the airport and 37 people are killed.
June 24, 1996 - The summer Olympic games will soon begin in Atlanta, Georgia. A blazing torch symbolizes the spirit of the games. The Olympic flame is traveling through the South and today arrives in Charlotte.
September 26, 1996 - Through the years, Rev. Billy Graham has returned to Charlotte many times to spread the Gospel. He draws 300,000 people to the new Ericsson stadium in the 4-day crusade that many worshipers fear may be Graham's last.
March 6, 1997 - NationsBank executive Joe Martin has an idea. It's called Race Day, but it has nothing to do with cars. He urges all Charlotteans to have lunch once each week with a person of a different race.
March 31, 1992 - It's been more than 20 years since court-ordered busing integrated the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.
September 14, 1992 - Somebody had to be first, Gus Roberts said. Now, the man who was one of Charlotte's desegregation pioneers has died. In 1957, he was the first black student at all-white Central High.
Voice in the Wilderness by LeGette Blythe, portrays the influence of Presbyterianism in the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Image courtesy of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
Rameses Temple members pose in front of the Brevard Street Library - July 28, 1944. Opened in 1905, the Brevard Street Library was the first to serve North Carolina's black community.
January 1960 - Charlotte's city and county schools are combined into a single large district, becoming one of the largest in the nation.
November 21, 1960 - "Stay" goes to the top of the charts.
November 22, 1965 - The homes of four local civil rights leaders are bombed in Charlotte.
June 6, 1966 - The new AME Zion Publishing House is dedicated.
1967 - The Charlotte Redevelopment Authority begins the demolition of First Ward. Some residents move to traditionally black neighborhoods.
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.