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.
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
Right: The Williams home at 205 South Brevard Street.
Business people of Brooklyn in front of the Queen City Drug Store on East Second Street, c. 1910.
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
W. C. Smith (1854 - 1937), founder, publisher and editor of Charlotte's first black secular newspaper, the Charlotte Messenger.
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the AME Zion Publishing House, 1916. Left to right, front row: Dr. W. H. Goler of Livingstone College, Bishop A. J. Warner, Bishop George Clinton, Dr. S. G. Atkins of Winston-Salem State College. Back Row: The Reverend C. W. Simmons, the Reverend S. D. Watkins, the Reverend E. L. Marable, the Reverend H. B. Bennett, unkown.
BESSIE MULLIENS.
The Afro-American newspaper carriers, 1933. Seated: Ray A. Booton. Standing, left to right: Eddie Spears, Edna Cathey, David Smith, William Cathey, Gerson Stroud, Addison Yongue, John Spears, Mrs. Martha Yongue Johnson, Reginald Wright.
LAURA M. BOOTON.
