Senator JD Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, speaks to supporters during a rally at Freedom House Church in Charlotte, NC on Monday, September 23, 2024.

Senator JD Vance, the GOP vice presidential candidate, speaks to supporters during a rally at Dale F. Halton Theater on the campus of CPCC in Charlotte, NC on Monday, September 23, 2024.

Republican VP nominee JD Vance speaks speaks at Dale F. Halton Theater at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 MELISSA MELVIN-RODRIGUEZ mrodriguez ...

For the second straight season, Vance High School is champion of The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 high school football poll. The school will receive a large banner to hang in its gym.

Vance owned slaves and, once the Civil War ended, attempted to keep Black citizens from voting. Chambers, a civil-rights icon, did landmark legal work that led to the desegregation of Charlotte ...

In 2021, Vance High School, named after a Confederate leader, will change to Chambers High, renamed for a civil rights icon. NCHSAA state champions react.

Last night the board voted 8-0 to rename the school Julius L. Chambers High School. Chambers’ Charlotte law firm filed dozens of suits against school segregation and racial discrimination.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to rename Vance High School in honor of Charlotte civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers. In 1997, the CMS board agreed to name the ...