Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and 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. Charlotte is the cultural,economic,and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area,whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023.
Clemson University is a public land-grant research university near Clemson,South Carolina,United States. Founded in 1889,Clemson is the second-largest university by enrollment in South Carolina. For the fall 2023 semester,the university enrolled a total of 22,875 undergraduate students and 5,872 graduate students,and the student/faculty ratio was 15:1.
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".
Melvin Luther Watt is an American politician who served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from 2014 to 2019. He was appointed by President Barack Obama. He is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district,from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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.
Uptown Charlotte,also called Center City,is the central business district of Charlotte,North Carolina,United States. The area is split into four wards by the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets,and bordered by Interstate 277 and Interstate 77. The area is managed and overseen by the Charlotte Central City Partners,which is one of the three Municipal Service Districts in Charlotte. Uptown Charlotte is the largest business district in Charlotte and the Carolinas.
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 1998 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held November 3,1998. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lauch Faircloth decided to seek re-election to a second term,but was unseated by Democrat John Edwards,a trial attorney. As of 2022,this is the last time a Democrat won North Carolina's class 3 Senate seat. Edwards declined to run for reelection in 2004,choosing instead to run for President of the United States.
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.
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 from the Jim Crow era to contemporary day 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.
