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Charlotte looks like a brand new city, but there’s a lot of history here. Its roots run deep in the Old South, way back before the American Revolution. As the New South dawned after the Civil...
- Paige Hopkins
- Brooklyn. Charlotte has a Brooklyn too, and it’s also known for being home to a rich Black history. A few facts about the area: The neighborhood was once located between 4th, Brevard and Morehead and Long streets (Long St. is now gone and I-277 runs where it used to be.)
- Mary Jackson McCrorey. McCrorey was heavily involved in the Charlotte community and helped develop the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, one of the first Black YWCA branches in the South.
- Dorothy Counts. “Dot” Counts-Scoggins is a civil rights icon who integrated Charlotte schools back in 1957. A large crowd of angry white parents and students yelled and spit at her as she walked into Harding High on September 4, 1957.
- Swann v. CMS Board of Education. The landmark 1971 Supreme Court case led to busing as a way to integrate schools in Charlotte and around the country. Following the ruling, Charlotte led the way for integration across the country.
Jan 4, 2024 · Here are eight things you should know about Charlotte’s history: Brooklyn. Brooklyn was a thriving Black neighborhood in Uptown. It was razed in the name of urban renewal in the 1960s and ’70s, costing Black families millions in generational wealth. This helped set into motion hurdles Charlotteans still face today with economic mobility.
Sep 4, 2019 · You’ve probably heard a few catchy statistics about Charlotte’s explosive growth: For example, the city’s population increased by 47 people a day from 2010 to 2018. But did you know that over the same period, Charlotte also grew by more than a square mile each year?
Aug 13, 2024 · Charlotte, city, seat (1774) of Mecklenburg county, south-central North Carolina, U.S. It lies just east of the Catawba River in the Piedmont region. It was settled about 1750 and incorporated in 1768. The city was named for Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III’s queen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
At the heart of the south, Charlotte is a booming city full of new life. Cranes have dotted the skyline for more than a decade as it has become the most populous city in North Carolina.
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The city of Charlotte was developed first by a wave of migration of Scots-Irish Presbyterians, or Ulster-Scot settlers from Northern Ireland, who dominated the culture of the Southern Piedmont Region and made up the principal founding population in the backcountry.
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