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North Alexander Street School

North Alexander Street School
Book: 
Charlotte's All-Black Schools

Alexander Street School was opened around 1918 to serve the children of the uptown neighborhood of First Ward. The school was closed in 1968 and converted into the Alexander Street Neighborhood Center, run by the City of Charlotte.

Click here to see the 5th grade class of 1930 and the 1935 school rhythm band.

Source: 

An African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, vol. 2. Charlotte, NC. Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1998.