In 1983, Harvey B. Gantt made history when he became the first African American elected to the city council of a major Southern city. His election to the Charlotte City Council was a groundbreaking moment that set a precedent for future political representation.
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On April 13, 1947, a mob attacked civil rights protesters at the bus station in Chapel Hill. Earlier that year, the Congress of Racial Equality laid plans to test the enforcement of a Supreme Court decision that declared segregation on interstate buses and trains unconstitutional.
On December 13, 1986, Ella Baker, civil rights leader and organizer of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com