Vermelle Diamond Ely Grace Hoey Drain Amy T. Rogers
As in many cities in the early 20th-century South, the African-American citizens of Charlotte created their own society that mirrored the larger white community. Yet, black Charlotte was always self-sustaining, with its own schools, library, and businesses. Second Ward High School (1923-1969) was the area's first high school for blacks, and although the school and much of its surroundings have since been razed, the photo archive at the Second Ward Alumni House Museum helps keep alive the memories of the school and the entire black community.
As in many cities in the early 20th-century South, the African-American citizens of Charlotte created their own society that mirrored the larger white...
The history of Charlotte is inseparable from the history of its neighborhoods. From the city s founding until the late 1890s, the four wards created by the crossing of Trade and Tryon Streets defined the residential fabric of Charlotte. As the twentieth century approached, the Southern textile boom fueled labor and housing demands that were met by the earliest suburbs that rose out of the farms and pastures surrounding the small town. Dilworth was the first of these suburbs, connected to the town center by the city s maiden electric streetcar line. More new communities quickly followed....
The history of Charlotte is inseparable from the history of its neighborhoods. From the city s founding until the late 1890s, the four wards created b...
