In an oral history interview from 1988, she indicated that the legislation passed by the General Assembly in April 1949 allowed for the board to offer affordable education to black veterans.
The Liberal Arts and Business Administration University Parallel was intended for students who planned to transfer to a senior college.
Students that wanted to gain training in a specific field and enter employment enrolled in the Business Administration and Secretarial Science track.
Carver also provided vocational training in auto mechanics, brick masonry, and shoe repairing.
[6][7][8] The Trustees selected land off Highway 85 and on Beatties Ford Road to relocate the Carver's new campus.
The positioning of the campus on Beatties Ford Road placed the college near historic African American neighborhoods and business districts in Charlotte.
The decision marked a major turning point for both colleges as they progressed beyond their original high school locations.
With the decision to build new campuses for both colleges, Charlotte, business leaders, and Mecklenburg legislators aided in the acquisition of land and funding.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Mecklenburg Council on Human Relations argued separate colleges created two second-rate institutions that would struggle for sufficient funding.
[10][11] In 1961, Roy S. Wynn and James D. Martin sued the Trustees of the Charlotte Community College System on behalf of themselves and other taxpayers in Mecklenburg County.
CPCC President Richard Hagemeyer and the new administration brought over roughly fifteen African American teachers to serve as faculty for Central Piedmont during the merge.
After the integration in 1963, African American students flocked to the formerly all-white campus at the old Central High School.