JCSU’s Massive Photo Collection of Black Charlotte History - Charlotte Magazine

JCSU’s Massive Photo Collection of Black Charlotte History - Charlotte Magazine

When Latrelle Peeler MCAllister was a young child, she would accompany her father to his studio, a modest storefront he leased at 1404 Beatties Ford Road. Only years later did she understand the personal and historical significance of the hours he spent there. “When I was probably 4 or 5, he would put me on top of a metal trash can in the darkroom and try to teach me about how to use light to develop pictures,” says McAllister, now 66. “He would…