✊🏾 BHM 2026 Notables by QCT | Post #12 “Brothers in the Fight for Justice & Power”

✊🏾 BHM 2026 Notables by QCT | Post #12

“Brothers in the Fight for Justice & Power”

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🏛️ Fred Douglas Alexander (c.1920–2001)

Charlotte’s first modern-era Black City Council member (1965), Fred Alexander shattered barriers in Southern politics. A WWII vet and postal worker, he championed housing equity, school access, and desegregation. Despite surviving a 1965 KKK bombing, he continued his fight, later serving as mayor pro tem.

✊🏾 Kelly Miller Alexander, Sr. (1915–1985)

An NAACP titan and insurance executive, Kelly Alexander Sr. led Charlotte’s branch for 40+ years, helping win Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg. As state and national NAACP leader, he endured bombings but never backed down—securing generational wins for Black civil rights.

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📚 Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Alexander_Sr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_D._Alexander

https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2024/01/16/johnson-c-smith-university-l-101

https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/kelly-miller-alexander-sr-1915-1985/

https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/hornets-nest-book-two/politics

https://landmarkscommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kelly-Alexander-House-DR_Aug-8-2025.pdf