Charlotte North Carolina Black Community History Paperback Book

Explore the history of Charlotte’s Black community through the people and institutions that built a self-sustaining society in the early 20th-century South. This paperback offers a focused look at a community with its own schools, library, and businesses.

Read about Second Ward High School and the wider community it served, then continue exploring Charlotte’s local history at your own pace.

• Three authors: Vermelle Diamond Ely, Grace Hoey Drain, and Amy T. Rogers share this history.
• Community focus: The book celebrates Black Charlotte and the institutions its residents created.
• School history: Learn about Second Ward High School, the area’s first high school for Black students, which operated from 1923 to 1969.
• Preserved memories: The Second Ward Alumni House Museum’s photo archive helps keep memories of the school and community alive.
• Paperback format: A 128-page book for reading and revisiting key details of Charlotte’s past.
• Size: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.35 inches.
• Publication date: September 6, 2001.

Keep it close for a quiet reading session or turn to it when you want to learn more about the institutions and history that shaped Black Charlotte.