Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt , the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who went on to become Charlotte’s first elected Black mayor.
Then there’s Dorothy Counts-Scoggins , the first Black student to attend all-white Harding High School, in 1957.
Other Black men and women from our region also achieved notable work in the struggle for equality, in sports, business, medicine, the arts and civil rights. With the passage of time, they and their accomplishments became less known. Hidden figures, so to speak…