June 25, 2019 Dr. Debra C. Smith is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at UNCC. She detailed the meetings and interviews that produced "Legacies: African-American Female Pioneers" about Charlotte women who led, mostly behind the scenes, during the Civil Rights Movement. Smith said the book ... Continue Reading →
Daisy Spears Stroud, 1921-2014
By Claire Williams | The Charlotte Observer A community activist who saw race relations in the country change from inside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County school system died Wednesday. Daisy Spears Stroud, known as Miss Daisy, was 92. Stroud was born in the middle of the deeply segregated ... Continue Reading →