Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Ben Douglas, Groundbreaker: How a Three Term Mayor and the New Deal Transformed Charlotte's Built Environment
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Douglas secured federal funds in the 1930s to build Memorial Stadium in Charlotte. President Roosevelt attended the Stadium's dedication in 1936. At the same time, Douglas also found funding for Charlotte Memorial Hospital., North Carolina's first municipal art museum (Mint Museum of Art) and the first subsidized affordable housing for Black Charlotteans in 1940.
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