![]() ![]() “or the third week in a row a group of persons interested in forming a gay alliance of some sort met,” wrote King. Writing to a close friend on January 27, 1975, Don King, a new-to-Charlotte newspaperman recently hired by The Charlotte Observer, beamed with enthusiasm and hope as he relayed “an exciting event or happening” taking shape in the Queen City. In 2022, the Project will present a physical, traveling community history exhibit, made possible by a grant from North Carolina Humanities, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Project seeks to document, collect, preserve, and present local and regional LGBTQ and Pride Movement history in Charlotte and the Carolinas. The Charlotte Pride History Project is a program of Charlotte Pride. This article is a feature of Pride in the Piedmont: Past & Present The Charlotte Pride History Project. 40 Years of Legacy: 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Charlotte Pride and the 40th anniversary of the first Pride events in Charlotte and North Carolina.Ĭontributing research by Kayla Schultz (she/her/hers)Ĭhief Advisor, Charlotte Pride History ProjectĬharlotte Pride History Project researcher
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