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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Dr. Roy S. Wynn

Dr. Roy S. Wynn was the first black citizen to serve on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Good Samaritan Hospital

Good Samaritan Hospital nurses' home from the `Nightingale`, 1959 yearbook, page 39. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Little Rock AME Zion Church

The Little Rock AME Zion Church was established in the 1870s. The building seen here is the second 1887 Little Rock AME Zion Church was located in Third Ward  on S. Graham St. between Second and Third Streets. In 1906, the church was moved to the 7th and Myers Street.  Because the move took place over several days, it was necessary to hold a funeral inside the sanctuary during the move. This building was replaced by a more substaintial one in 1911.

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Starette Social Club

Starette Social Club in McCrory Heights. Left to right: Margaret Wallace, Cora B. Johnson, Willie Mae Witherspoon, Carrie Belton, Emma Brown. Second row: Floyd Wallace, unknown, unknown, Abram Hare, unknown, unknown, and William Bates Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Colonel Charles Young

Colonel Charles Young of Post Number 168 of the Drum and Bugle Corps in Detroit.. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Cab Calloway (1907-1994)

Cab Calloway performed at the Armory Auditorium in the early 1940s. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Wallace Children

Left to right: Floyd Wallace Sr., Virginia, Ronald, Evelyn, Floyd Jr., and Margaret. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Gethsemane Baptist Church

Gethsemane Baptist Church family picture. Located on Winnifred Street in Third Ward. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Billy Eckstine at the Charlotte Armory Auditorium

William Billy Clarence Eckstine (1914 – 1993) was a popular American singer of ballads and a bandleader during the Swing Era. He is seen here performing at the Armory Auditorium in Charlotte duirng the early 1940s. Eckstine was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown