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The Alexander Funeral Home is the oldest African American owned business in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Alexander Funeral Home was founded by Zechariah Alexander in 1914 when Alexander bought half of Coles and Smith Undertakes. In 1927 Alexander purchased the remaining part of the business and changed the name to the Alexander Funeral Home.
A.P. Williams Funeral Home is a historic African-American funeral home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1893 and 1911 as a single-family residence, and is a two-story frame building with a hipped roof with gables and a columned porch. At that time, it was one of six funeral homes that served black customers.
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A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven. History [ edit ]
Greenville: 13: Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District: Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District: July 17, 1997 : Roughly bounded by 12th, Clark, Ficklen, and Washington Sts. • Greenville, North Carolina Warehouse Historic District boundary increase (listed November 30, 1999, refnum 99001450): Eleventh St. near Clark St.
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He would hold the post of President until 1984. Under his leadership, the NC Conference became the largest state conference in the country with over 120 branches. [2] Alexander ran for the Charlotte City Council twice in the 1950s but was unsuccessful. As an activist in Charlotte he fought for the desegregation of restaurants and hotels in the ...