Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region,it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census,making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States,the seventh-most populous city in the South,and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville,Florida. The city is the cultural,economic,and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area,whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the United States. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 population of 2,822,352.
Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the state of North Carolina,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 1,115,482,making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population. Its county seat is Charlotte,the state's largest community.
Clemson University is a public land-grant research university in Clemson,South Carolina. Founded in 1889,Clemson is the second-largest university by enrollment in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester,the university enrolled a total of 20,195 undergraduate students and 5,627 graduate students,and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1. Clemson's 1,400-acre (570 ha) campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The campus now borders Lake Hartwell,which was formed by the dam completed in 1962. The university manages the nearby 17,500-acre (7,100 ha) Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research,education,and recreation.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public research university in Charlotte,North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral,66 master's,and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
Johnstone Hall is a dormitory at Clemson University,Clemson,South Carolina that has housed several generations of Clemson undergraduates. Located on west campus,it originally overlooked the student laundry,the coal-burning Physical Plant and the university fire department,and beyond that the stadium and Lake Hartwell. It is named for an original Clemson trustee and,later,chairman of the board,Alan Johnstone,Although it had sections A through F,all that remains today is section A and an annex.
Howard Nathaniel Lee is an American politician who served as Mayor of Chapel Hill,North Carolina,from 1969 to 1975. He was the first African-American mayor elected in Chapel Hill,and the first African American to be elected mayor of any majority-white city in the South.
Haden Edward Knox is an American attorney and politician who served as the 49th Mayor of Charlotte,North Carolina from 1979 until 1983.
The biennial Charlotte mayoral election was held on November 3,2009. The seat was open due to the decision by Mayor Pat McCrory,a Republican,not to seek re-election. Democrat Anthony Foxx,a member of the City Council,won the election by a slim margin,becoming the first Democrat elected to lead the city since Harvey Gantt was re-elected in 1985.
The 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election,U.S. House election,statewide judicial election,Council of State election and various local elections.
The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1990 was held on November 6,1990,as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and the Democratic nominee former mayor of Charlotte Harvey Gantt. Helms won re-election to a fourth term by a slightly wider margin than the close election in 1984.
The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1996 was held on November 5,1996 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate,and coincided with the 1996 presidential election.
Anthony Renard Foxx is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of Transportation from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Foxx had previously served as Mayor of Charlotte,North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. First elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005,his 2009 mayoral victory made him the youngest person to serve as Charlotte's mayor,as well as the second African American to hold the role.
The following is a timeline of the history of Charlotte,North Carolina,United States.
Patrick DeAngelo Cannon is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served on the City Council of Charlotte,North Carolina from 1994 through 2013 and was subsequently elected the city's 56th Mayor in November 2013. On March 26,2014,Cannon was arrested on charges of accepting over $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen wanting to work with the city. Cannon resigned as mayor later that evening,and was later sentenced to 44 months in prison.
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture,formerly known as the Afro-American Cultural Center,is in Charlotte,North Carolina and named for Harvey Gantt,the city's first African-American mayor and the first African-American student at Clemson University. The 46,500 sq ft,four-story center was designed by Freelon Group Architects at a cost of $18.6 million —and was dedicated in October 2009 as part of what is now the Levine Center for the Arts.
Michael Barnes was the mayor pro tempore of Charlotte,North Carolina. He also served as acting mayor for a short time following the resignation of former mayor Patrick Cannon,who was arrested on March 26,2014 for corruption charges. Barnes immediately became acting mayor upon Cannon's resignation. The City Council was then required to appoint a mayor to serve out the remainder of Cannon's term. On April 7,the council voted to appoint Dan Clodfelter,a state senator,as the new mayor.
The Clemson Area African American Museum (CAAAM) is a museum located in Calhoun Bridge Center,Clemson,South Carolina,United States. The Museum focuses on historical achievements and culture of African Americans by serving as a resource center for the Greater Clemson Area to engage the local and upstate South Carolina communities in intellectual discourse about the past.
J. Eugene Grigsby was a multimedia artist and educator. His primary mediums were printmaking and painting;his style of painting was abstract and expressionistic. Grigsby was an influential educator for both college and high school students. He was also heavily involved with community programs focused on uplifting lower socio-economic communities.
Nellie Ashford is a self-taught folk artist from Mecklenburg County,North Carolina. Her mixed-media folk art depicts the experiences of Charlotte’s African-American community during the era of Jim Crow in the U.S. South.
Brooklyn was a largely African American section of Charlotte,North Carolina. It was home to many businesses,residences,and churches. The neighborhood was demolished for an urban renewal project in the 1960s and is now part of what is known as the Second Ward.
