The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regi

The stories told by many generations of Charlotte's African American residents mingle strength and hardship, accomplishment and setback, joy and pain. Through s

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