Bonnie Brae Golf Course suit plantiffs

Bonnie Brae Golf Course suit plantiffs

race, golf, bonnie brae golf course, civil rights

Plaintiffs in petition to integrate Bonnie Brae Golf Course pose for a photograph. Caption (on reverse): "Plaintiff in Recreation case. Charles Leeper, R. P. Farrar, Sadler Gladden, Dr. Robert Greene, Dr. Rudolph Wyche, James Heath, Henry Isley, Russell McLaughlin, Anthony Walker, Harold Walker, Edward Weddington, James Weddington, Willie Lee Weddington, L. T. Warner, Dr. G. M. Wilkins, and Dr. Roy Wynn. First legal action in Constitutional Civil Rights Law in history of Charlotte. The Charlotte Park and Recreation Commission had to prove they were not discriminating against black citizens by denying them the right to use Revolution Park, in which the Bonnie Brae Golf Course was located. Attorney Thomas H. Wyche, Chairman Charlotte Branch Legal Commission and Spottswood W. Robinson, 3rd were the attorneys for the appellants. The case was won in N.C. Superior Court. During this period, the Charlotte Branch NAACP was the only voice being heard before government bodies."

Kelly M. Alexander Papers, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library

Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections

2012-05-11

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1954

Charlotte (N.C.)
Mecklenburg County (N.C.)