Biddleville Elementary School

Biddleville School was one of Charlotte’s all-black schools. It served the children of the Beatties Ford Road/Johnson C. Smith University area. In 1964, James Swann was assigned to Biddleville School. His parents wanted him to attend Seversville School, an all-white school that was closer and better equipped. This led to the landmark legal case Swann v. the Board of Education that eventually caused the court-ordered integration of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system.