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Ida James
Ms. Ida James was born and raised in the Brooklyn community of Charlotte. She attended both Myers Street Elementary and Second Ward High Schools. She attended Friendship Missionary Baptist Church from an early age and became a member with her family at age eleven. Ms. James was a member of…
Charles Jones
Mr. Charles Jones was born in Chester, South Carolina in 1937. His family moved to the Biddleville neighborhood of Charlotte when he was young and he has remained in the area since. He received his Bachelors from Johnson C. Smith University in 1958 and his law degree from Howard University…
Walter "Buck" Kennedy
Deacon Walter “Buck” Kennedy grew up in the Cherry neighborhood, but went to Second Ward School. Buck, as he liked to be called, joined Friendship in 1941 as a young boy. He was involved in the children’s choir and served as a Junior Deacon. He was also actively involved through…
Frances Leach
Ms. Frances Leach was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She lived briefly in Brooklyn but her family moved to the neighborhood of Cherry, where she lived until the 1970s. She attended Second Ward High School and belonged to the House of Prayer congregation. She became a member in 1935….
Doretha Leak
Ms. Doretha Leak’s remembrance of the Brooklyn community was stronger than the tape recorder, which only captured about 30 minutes of her reflections. However, between my notes and her voice, we managed to reproduce the Brooklyn that was and is. Born in 1933, Ms. Leak remembered her childhood as a…