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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Reverend Sidney David Watkins (1862-1952)

The Right Reverend Sidney David Watkins was pastor of Little Rock AME Zion Church from 1900 to 1906. He was also the Presiding Elder for the Charlotte District (1906-1922) and the Manager of the AME Zion Publishing House for 2 terms. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Good Samaritan Hospital

Good Samaritan Hospital from the `Nightingale` 1959 yearbook, page 34. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Omega Psi Phi (Charlotte Chapter)

The Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. It is the first international fraternal organization to be founded on the campus of a historically black college. This is a picture of the Charlotte Chapter. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

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.

Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Spears Family

Family of Arthur Eugene Spears - Arthur Spears was an executive with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Back row, left to right: Laura Elizabeth Spears Malone (1911-2011), Arthur Spears, Sr. (1884-1981), wife Daisy Ancrum Spears,  Arthur Spears,  Jr. (1916-2000). Seated: Daisy Spears Stroud (1921-), John Merrick Spears (1919-1939) and Louise (1913). Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Morgan Street School

Faculty of Myers Street Elementary School. In the back row, left, B. D. Roberts, principal stands. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown