Accolades

Oct. 18, 2017  On the site of the old Double Oaks Apartments off Statesville Avenue, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership is developing Brightwalk. The barracks-style 1950s development of 576 apartments in 165 buildings is being replaced with a mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood of 786 homes and apartments, along with commercial structures. The Stevenson Apartments abutting Sta...

– Photos above and below by T. Ortega Gaines for the Gantt Center. Dec. 3, 2016 Sarah Stevenson was a founding board member of the Harvey B. Gantt Center in Charlotte. She was honored at today's Jazzy Holiday Gala with the Center's Spirit of the Center Award. The award also went to Duke University Professor Richard J. Powell and PNC Bank. Event details from the Gantt Center are here.    ...

Oct. 24, 2000 Sarah Stevenson was among those honored for her support of human rights activities at a regional honors ceremony in Cramerton sponsored by the Gaston Human Relations Commission and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee.

Aug. 25, 2000 Sarah Stevenson was to be among those honored at the NAACP's Freedom Fund Banquet.

Aug. 30, 1998 Jim Wright's note about the 1998 Women's Equality Day Award.

Aug. 26, 1998 Sarah Stevenson and Annelle Houk of the League of Women Voters headlined the 18th Annual Women's Equality Day/150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement Celebration at Charlotte's Grady Cole Center. According to the Senior Directions article published in October, approximately 400 people attended.

Jan. 28, 1998 Tom Bush was chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners when this note was written.

Aug. 26, 1995 Sarah Stevenson received this commendation for volunteer service in conjunction with Charlotte-Mecklenburg's celebration of Women's Equality Day.

June 1, 1995 Sarah Stevenson is honored for volunteer work with the Community Relations Committee.

May 4, 1995 Sydnor Thompson gave this presentation when Sarah Stevenson was named the 1995 winner of the Mecklenburg Bar's Liberty Bell Award, “honoring an individual who has performed community service that has strengthened the American system of freedom under the law.”

Jan. 27, 1993 Sarah Stevenson was honored as 1992 Woman of the Year. This clipping appears to be from the Charlotte Post.  

June 1, 1987 County Commissioner Rev. Bob Walton sent a clipping and a thank you to Sarah Stevenson for her part in headlining a successful fundraiser for the Afro-American Cultural Center.

Jan. 22, 1986 An Observer editorial marks the award of the Community Relations Committee's Martin Luther King Jr. Award to Sarah Stevenson.

Feb. 24, 1985 An Observer report on how about 100 people gathered to honor Sarah Stevenson at a salute by the Black Women's Caucus. Mayor Harvey Gantt and Commissioners Chair Carly DuPuy designated the day Sarah Stevenson Day.

July 19, 1984 Members honored Sarah Stevenson at the conclusion of a term as president of the Charlotte chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. The clipping appears to be from the Charlotte Post.

March 12, 1983 Sarah Stevenson received this certificate for her work with the Southeast District of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.

Sept. 29, 1982 Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox presented this certificate of merit to Sarah Stevenson.

April 1, 1974 Sarah Stevenson received an outstanding service award from the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund at its annual meeting.