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1977 - The Black Caucus helps establish district representation in Charlotte.
1976 - The UNC-Charlotte basketball team wins its first national recognition.
The Charlotte Observer 5/21/1909, p. 4
PRESIDENT TAFT IN CHARLOTTE.
This digital exhibit represents the opinions and emotions surrounding March For Our Lives, Charlotte, on March 24, 2018.
December 9, 1995 - West Charlotte High School wins the state football championship.
Marriage: Mr. Joseph I. Dunlap and Mr. Charlotte Bennett
Location: Ansonville, N.C.
Married at the residence of Col. William G. Smith.Father is listed as deceased.
Family Information: Mr. Lemuel Bennett
Source: Charlotte Democrat - 5/23/1879
1963 - Separate campuses are built for UNC Charlotte and Carver College.
May 4, 1965 - Fred Alexander is elected to the Charlotte City Council. Photo shows Alexander being sworn in on the 10th.
September 1959 - Bishop C.M. "Daddy" Grace visits Charlotte.
September 9, 1970 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is integrated.
May 1963 - Charlotte hotels and restaurants begin to desegregate.
December 14, 1976 - Charlotte's African American women are honored by UNC.
1971 - The North State Law Enforcement Association, a professional association for black police officers, sues the City of Charlotte.
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.
The following article recounts the speech made by President Woodrow Wilson upon his visit to Charlotte, North Carolina during the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence celebrations.
The Charlotte News 5/20/1916 Night Edition Section 2, p.1
1980 - Stevenson becomes the first black woman on the Charlotte school board.
May 6, 1991 - West Charlotte High School is featured in the Wall Street Journal.
May 30, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at a convocation of the area's black high schools.
July 8, 1933 - In Charlotte's first interracial baseball game, the white Highland Park Mill team meets the North Charlotte Black Yankees. The Charlotte Observer reports that Highland Park wins, 11-10. But the Charlotte News reports that the Black Yankees win, 10-7!