When the Forum gathered at the Wallace Pruitt Rec Center for the "Highlighting African-American Achievers" exhibit, participants saw reminders of the inventive genius of African-Americans, and saw a riviting skit about the Underground Railroad. When the skit concluded, they met in a room and ... Continue Reading →
African-American Achievers
The Wallace Pruitt Rec Center was full of examples of the creativity and inventiveness of African-Americans. The door knob ... a lock ... the lawn sprinkler ... the lighted traffic signal. Hundreds of items to help show the mostly young visitors to the "Highlighting African-American Achievers" ... Continue Reading →
Breaking barriers: Anna Hood, Fannie Flono
Two African-American trailblazers addressed the Forum: Anna Hood was among the first African-Americans hired by the Social Security Administration in the Charlotte area in the 1960s. Fannie Flono was among the first African-Americans promoted to editing positions at the Charlotte Observer in ... Continue Reading →
StudentFirst Academy: An update
Feb. 9, 2014 The following news story appeared Saturday on charlotteobserver.com and today in the printed paper. Read it here on charlotteobserver.com. A PDF of the three pages is here. Video on which some of the story is based is here. StudentFirst charter school dreams fade in ... Continue Reading →
Text Cache
StudentFirst Academy: An update Feb. 9, 2014 The following news story appeared Saturday on charlotteobserver.com and today in the printed paper. Read it here on charlotteobserver.com. A PDF of the three pages is here. Video on which some of the story is based is here. StudentFirst charter ... Continue Reading →
T.B. Haynes and Franklin McCain: A remembrance
At the beginning of an Open Forum, Dr. Vernon M. Herron paid homage to friend T.B. Haynes and civil rights pioneer Franklin McCain. The video combines his prayer and artifacts from Haynes' life. This video, prepared for the January MLK Holiday Breakfast, was scheduled ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller on Mecklenburg government
Trevor Fuller, new chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, addressed the Forum today. Below are videos from his presentation and the Q&A that followed. Part 1 Part 2 From the Q&A ... Continue Reading →
Text Cache
Nov. 26, 2013 Read story at Observer; at QCityMetro By The Charlotte Observer – November 27, 2013 By David Perlmutt | The Charlotte Observer Former Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones said Tuesday he’s still pondering a run for a seat on county commission – the board that fired him in May – ... Continue Reading →
Election 2013 Results
Nov. 5, 2013, 10:36 p.m.; updated Nov. 6, 9:20 a.m. Charlotte Mayor: Patrick Cannon (D) (53%) Charlotte City Council At-Large: Michael Barnes (D) (15.3%) Vi Alexander Lyles (D) (15.0%) David Howard (D) (14.7%) Claire Fallon (D) (13.2%) District 1: Patsy Kinsey (D) (98%) District 2: Al Austin ... Continue Reading →
Morrison on bond issue
Below are the introductory remarks by CMS Supt. Heath Morrison about next Tuesday's bond referendum. After his remarks, he fielded a number of questions. ... Continue Reading →
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 131
- 132
- 133
- 134
- 135
- …
- 144
- Next Page »