Feb. 25, 2025

Today’s Forum focused on a set of overlapping families that have left a mark on Charlotte’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality for all. If viewers of the video below cry out for a graphic showing how the family trees intertwined on Charlotte’s west side in the 20th Century, perhaps one of the number of record-keepers in these families will help us all.

For now, listen for stories of segregation, racial injustice and violence – but also of privilege, persistence, higher education, economic stability and the embrace of neighbors in the McCrorey Heights neighborhood north of the Johnson C. Smith University campus.

The morning’s meeting concluded the Forum’s four-part series marking Black History Month 2025.