John L. Brown
president Ada Mill
president Ada Mill
In the record (3)
1889
The Ada Mill, organized in January 1888 and opened in early 1889 on West 11th Street under president John L. Brown, began operation with an initial capacity of 8,320 spindles, financed like Alpha Mill through installment-plan stock sales to the public.
Alpha MillMecklenburg Cotton MillAda MillOrient MillVictor Cotton Mill
Source · checked 2026-08-13
1954 · 1954-05-17
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the Brown v. Board opinion, which combined cases from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. and invalidated the 'separate but equal' doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) as it applied to public education nationwide.
Source · checked 2026-08-13
1954 · 1954-05-17
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), ruling unanimously that state-mandated racial segregation in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because 'separate educational facilities are inherently unequal' — the national legal backdrop against which Charlotte's own school desegregation fight would later unfold.
Harding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High School
Source · checked 2026-08-13