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Frederick Douglas Alexander (February 21, 1910 – April 13, 1980) was an American businessman, civil rights activist, and politician from Charlotte, North Carolina. Elected to the Charlotte City Council in 1965, he was the first African American to serve on it since the 1890s. He was repeatedly re-elected, serving until 1974.
The NC Chamber, along with the North Carolina Commerce Coalition, was a major supporter of the NC Commerce Protection Act of 2013 (Senate Bill 648 [22]). [23] This legislation, commonly referred to as an ag-gag bill, seeks to criminalize undercover investigations by journalists and advocates seeking to document and expose illegal activity on ...
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Becker was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in North Carolina in 1996, [10] and by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in 1998. [11] Additionally, he has served as president of the N.C. Chapter of the German-American Chamber of Commerce for seven years, from 2004 to 2011.
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The Charlotte City Council is the legislative body of the City of Charlotte and forms part of a council–manager system of government. The Council is made up of eleven members and the Mayor, all elected to two-year terms in odd-numbered years. Four Council Members are elected at-large with the other seven representing districts. Though elected ...
This is a list of major companies and organizations in the Charlotte metropolitan area, through corporate or subsidiary headquarters or through significant operational and employment presence in and around the American city of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte metropolitan area is home to seven Fortune 500 companies, numbers in italics ...
Ben Elbert Douglas, Sr., mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina 1935–1941; Anthony Foxx, 17th United States Secretary of Transportation, and mayor of Charlotte (2009–2013) Jim Gulley, member of the North Carolina General Assembly [13] Richard Hudson, United States Representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district