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auntada: Hotel Alexander, one of the Nation’s Finest and most Exlusive and Newest Negro Hotels, Charlotte, N.C., McDowell at Ninth Street.” Postcard published by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts The Hotel Alexander was the only hotel serving blacks in Charlotte during the 1940s. Visiting celebrities such as W.E.B. Du Bois stayed there. It was a hub for African American social life in the community. North Carolina Postcard Collection, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hotel Alexander, one of the Nation’s Finest and most Exlusive and Newest Negro Hotels, Charlotte, N.C., McDowell at Ninth Street.”

Postcard published by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts

The Hotel Alexander was the only hotel serving blacks in Charlotte during the 1940s. Visiting celebrities such as W.E.B. Du Bois stayed there. It was a hub for African American social life in the community.

North Carolina Postcard Collection, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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