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Photograph of the 1952 Textile Workers Union of America convention. The Charlotte area was home to many textile manufacturing facilities in the early and mid-twentieth century.

Youth members of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People protest segregation policies in Edenton, North Carolina.

These social studies classes were offered in West Charlotte High School's open program. The classes encouraged creative thinking as well as interactive group work. Andrew P. Haywood, a supporter of the open school philosophy, served as principal of…

Front entrance to West Charlotte High School. The school was the site of Charlotte's first magnet high school program, West Charlotte Open School.

Gladys Avery Tillett, a Charlotte human and women's rights activist, presented this speech to the Women's Democratic Club of Huntersville, North Carolina, on September 6, 1960. She is encouraging women to vote in the 1960 presidential election, and…

This editorial in the Charlotte Observer celebrates Gladys Avery Tillett's career as a women's rights activist, both locally and internationally.

Gladys Avery Tillett, a lifelong women's rights activist, was appointed as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Chatham Estates was developed by Paul Chatham beginning in 1914. He envisioned a broad boulevard flanked by large estates enjoying the most modern amenities, including both automobile and streetcar access and full utilities.