Photographer James Gibson Peeler (1929-2004) spent nearly half a century documenting the African American experience in Charlotte.
the first project to transfer instantaneous discs into a digital format.
Culture Blocks is a community partnership between the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, and the Arts & Science Council.
Browse and search over 10,000 digitized documents, photographs, publications, audiovisual recordings, and JCSU student research papers.
Experience the rich history of the Historic West End of Charlotte and Johnson C. Smith University through recorded stories and oral history interviews.
Visualize history through images that tell stories of the people, places, and events that shaped Johnson C. Smith University and the African American experience in Charlotte.
Browse and search Johnson C. Smith University’s history through our collection of digitized yearbooks, school catalogs, and student newspapers.
Learn about the rich legacy of traditionally African American neighborhoods located in the Historic West End of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Inez Moore Parker was born in 1907 in El Dorado, Ark.
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