Teachers in Charlotte visit Classroom Central on Thursday, August 14, 2025, to purchase back-to-school items. Classroom Central offers free resources to local and eligible (Title 1) schools.
JEFF SINER
jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Through the lens of our visual journalists, a moment in time is captured and becomes part of our history.
Each week the Charlotte Observer will present a selection of images that document communities.
This feature can be seen in Sunday’s newspaper and on our online Edition at eedition.charlotteobserver.com
Charlotte’s skyline has been transformed by the addition of Wells Fargo’s new 14-foot-tall red letters. A few weeks ago, these letters were lifted onto the company’s building at 550 South Tryon by helicopters, and the city has been forever changed. Lila Turner lturner@charlotteobserver.com
Maddison Totherow shapes a snake into a bowl Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill. TRACY KIMBALL tkimball@heraldonline.com
Independence Patriots infielder and pitcher Alex Kenion participated in the 6th Annual Diversity in Baseball HBCU Showcase event, hosted by the Knothole Foundation at The Richard “Stick” Williams Dream Fields in Charlotte on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. The event showcased the abilities of over 70 high school students, primarily from HBCUs, in front of college coaches. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Morgan Rafael, the founder and executive director of The Carolina Wildlife Conservation Center in Iron Station, NC., holds an injured turtle on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. “There wasn’t a center like this in the area. You have animal lovers who don’t want wildlife around and so I just always wanted to stick up for the underdog,” says Rafael KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com
A raccoon cub yawns in its hammock at The Carolina Wildlife Conservation Center in Iron Station, N.C., on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. “There wasn’t a center like this in the area. You have animal lovers who don’t want wildlife around and so I just always wanted to stick up for the underdog,” says founder and executive director Morgan Rafael KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com
Baby dolls sit in the office area at Care Ring in Charlotte on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Care Ring will enhance postnatal care by providing services for mothers and babies simultaneously. KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com
Angela Walker and Hallie Powers, both educators at Walter Bickett Elementary School in Union County, NC., met at Classroom Central in Charlotte on Thursday, August 14, 2025. Classroom Central provides free resources, including school supplies, to local and eligible Title 1 schools. Walker teaches first grade, while Powers teaches Leader in Me and pre-K through fifth grade. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Angela Walker, a teacher at Walter Bickett Elementary School in Union County, NC, and Hallie Powers met up at Classroom Central in Charlotte on Thursday, August 14, 2025. Classroom Central offers free resources, including school supplies, to local and eligible Title 1 schools. Walker teaches first grade, while Powers teaches Leader in Me and pre-K through fifth grade. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Families gathered in uptown Charlotte on August 17, 2025, to witness the sights and sounds of the 25th Charlotte Pride Parade. Matthew Laczko For to the Observer
Mx. Charlotte Pride & Mr. Charlotte Pride wave to the crowd as their float passes down North Tyron Street during the 25th Charlotte Pride Parade in uptown Charlotte on August 17, 2025. Matthew Laczko For to the Observer
spectators gather along North Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte for the 25th Charlotte Pride Parade on August 17, 2025. Matthew Laczko For to the Observer
