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J. T. Williams and the Williams House

 

J. T. Williams (1859 - 1924) was a teacher, a physician and a diplomat as well as a highly respected businessman. He was president of the Queen City Drug Store Company, one of the first black owned and operated drug stores in North Carolina. In 1898, he was appointed consul to Sierra Leone.

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Right: The Williams home at 205 South Brevard Street.

W. C. Smith

 

W. C. Smith (1854 - 1937), founder, publisher and editor of Charlotte's first black secular newspaper, the Charlotte Messenger.

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