Fact Friday

Fact Friday 251 - The First African-American to Graduate from College Was From NC

Fact Friday 251 - The First African-American to...

Happy Friday!   John Chavis, early 19th Century minister and teacher, was the first African American to graduate from a college or university in the United States. Chavis was born...

Fact Friday 251 - The First African-American to...

Happy Friday!   John Chavis, early 19th Century minister and teacher, was the first African American to graduate from a college or university in the United States. Chavis was born...

Fact Friday 250 - Early Charlotte Observer Buildings

Fact Friday 250 - Early Charlotte Observer Buil...

Happy Friday! With the recent announcement that the Charlotte Observer offices will be leaving Uptown, UNC Charlotte's Special Collections archive team wanted to look back at the Observer's physical presence...

Fact Friday 250 - Early Charlotte Observer Buil...

Happy Friday! With the recent announcement that the Charlotte Observer offices will be leaving Uptown, UNC Charlotte's Special Collections archive team wanted to look back at the Observer's physical presence...

Fact Friday 249 - Officer Involved Shootings in Charlotte

Fact Friday 249 - Officer Involved Shootings in...

Sorry guys. But its not a Happy Friday this week.  For me and for many of you. This week, protests for justice in the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (GA), Breonna...

Fact Friday 249 - Officer Involved Shootings in...

Sorry guys. But its not a Happy Friday this week.  For me and for many of you. This week, protests for justice in the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (GA), Breonna...

Fact Friday 248 - John T. Biggers

Fact Friday 248 - John T. Biggers

Happy Friday!   “I began to see art not primarily as an individual expression of talent, but as a responsibility, to reflect the spirit and style of the Negro people....

Fact Friday 248 - John T. Biggers

Happy Friday!   “I began to see art not primarily as an individual expression of talent, but as a responsibility, to reflect the spirit and style of the Negro people....

Fact Friday 247 - Meck Dec Day Reenactment

Fact Friday 247 - Meck Dec Day Reenactment

Happy Friday! Since we first started the Fact Friday series, we've featured several pieces on the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. But did you know that forty-five years...

Fact Friday 247 - Meck Dec Day Reenactment

Happy Friday! Since we first started the Fact Friday series, we've featured several pieces on the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. But did you know that forty-five years...

Fact Friday 246 - Civil Rights Attorney, James Ferguson, II

Fact Friday 246 - Civil Rights Attorney, James ...

Happy Friday!   James E. Ferguson II, who helped Julius Chambers launch the first integrated law firm in North Carolina in the 1960s, continues his battle for justice today as...

Fact Friday 246 - Civil Rights Attorney, James ...

Happy Friday!   James E. Ferguson II, who helped Julius Chambers launch the first integrated law firm in North Carolina in the 1960s, continues his battle for justice today as...