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‘Distinguished gentleman’ Bob Johnson, co-publisher of The Charlotte Post, has died
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoCivic leader Robert “Bob” Johnson, co-publisher of The Charlotte Post, the city’s oldest newspaper,...
A plan to save a childhood school led two Charlotte friends to a lost piece of history
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhen Mary Brown was 6 years old, she pricked her finger and pressed it against the hand of her best...
How generations of Second Ward alumni thrived at Charlotte’s first Black high school
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhen Second Ward opened in 1923, it was historic. The school based in the former Brooklyn...
100 years later, Second Ward alums carry on legacy of Charlotte’s first Black high school
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA century ago, two new high schools opened in Charlotte. One was named Central High School, built in...