Charlotte Museum of History
In 1903, the Mecklenburg County school board purchased an acre of land in east Charlotte for a mere $10. Today, the Siloam School — the building that was constructed on that land in 1920...
by Nicole Ackman · Published June 12, 2021 · Last modified July 13, 2021
In 1903, the Mecklenburg County school board purchased an acre of land in east Charlotte for a mere $10. Today, the Siloam School — the building that was constructed on that land in 1920...
by Nicole Ackman · Published December 14, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2021
In a historic photograph at the Levine Museum of the New South, a young Dorothy Counts-Scoggins makes her way up the auditorium stairs to enter her new school. A mob of white students crowd...