Whether their team is winning or losing, marching bands at historically black colleges keep the fans on their feet.
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Camp Greene
Before it was a financial center, a boomtown, a skyscraper city, Charlotte was a quiet collection of churches and cotton mills. All of that changed during World War I, when the city played host to a military training camp.
Oceanside Divide
A small strip of land near Wilmington entertained thousands of visitors — some famous — during the Jim Crow era in North Carolina.
How the Spirit Moves You
Shout bands gave the Charlotte African-American community something of its own in the early 20th century. Colorful parades. Mass baptisms. And a haunting, beautiful sound that transcended race and time, and still moves people today.
Oh, Won’t You Stay?
A Charlotte man’s 97-second song sticks in listener’s minds for decades.
Piano Lessons
It’s a simple gift: to teach someone to play an instrument. But inside her west Charlotte home, Clara Jones gives instruction that goes beyond the music.
