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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...
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...
‘Distinguished gentleman’ Bob Johnson, co-publisher of The Charlotte Post, has died
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoCivic leader Robert “Bob” Johnson, co-publisher of The Charlotte Post, the city’s oldest newspaper,...
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...