{"id":75139,"date":"2022-03-07T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=75139"},"modified":"2022-03-07T21:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T01:18:53","slug":"mr-charlotte-black-pride-sweetheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=75139","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Charlotte Black Pride Sweetheart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/238573607_10101128197062676_6893660242462398914_n.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Black Pride logo\" class=\"wp-image-119541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/238573607_10101128197062676_6893660242462398914_n.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/238573607_10101128197062676_6893660242462398914_n-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/238573607_10101128197062676_6893660242462398914_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Charlotte Black Pride Celebration was started in 2005 to celebrate and recognize diversity within the Charlotte LGBT Community. The Mr\/Miss Charlotte Black Pride Pageant System was also created in 2005, by D-Man Productions, in conjunction with the Pride Celebration. D-Man promoted the Pageant from 2005-2009. Quandrico Rutledge Wade revived the pageant in 2013 and has remained the Promoter since then. The Sweetheart Division was added in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mr. Charlotte Black Pride Sweetheart<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/61151201_10100731821896686_6412325914536837120_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" data-id=\"88393\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/61151201_10100731821896686_6412325914536837120_n.jpg\" alt=\"Mar'tel Iman St. James\" class=\"wp-image-88393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/61151201_10100731821896686_6412325914536837120_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/61151201_10100731821896686_6412325914536837120_n-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/61151201_10100731821896686_6412325914536837120_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/61151201_10100731821896686_6412325914536837120_n-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mar&#8217;tel Iman St. James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/271126315_7568053353220062_5129279227188426655_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"912\" data-id=\"125430\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/271126315_7568053353220062_5129279227188426655_n.jpg\" alt=\"Scooby Damone Knight-Addams\" class=\"wp-image-125430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/271126315_7568053353220062_5129279227188426655_n.jpg 613w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/271126315_7568053353220062_5129279227188426655_n-269x400.jpg 269w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/271126315_7568053353220062_5129279227188426655_n-480x714.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Scooby Damone Knight-Addams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mr. Charlotte Black Pride Sweetheart<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>2018 <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=60681\">Mar&#8217;tel Iman St. James<\/a><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=10300\">Scooby Damone Knight-Addams<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Related&nbsp;Pageants:&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=52050\">Miss Charlotte Black Pride<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=52123\">Miss Charlotte Black Pride Sweetheart<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=52084\">Mr. Charlotte Black Pride<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Charlotte Black Pride Celebration was started in 2005 to celebrate and recognize diversity within the Charlotte LGBT Community. 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