Feb. 13, 2026 Pineville Elementary and Read Charlotte teamed up for an effort to supplement in-class reading instruction with volunteer reading assistance. The result was pronounced recovery in reading skills among students after the pandemic. The video above suggests that lessons learned at ... Continue Reading →
SC roots of Brown: The Briggs v Elliott case
Feb. 12, 2026; material first published May 17, 2011 The 2011 links to YouTube videos broke some time ago, so this page will revive material captured at the Forum 15 years ago and link the material back to the Forum's archive. The 68 minutes of video in 2011 was captured on a small camcorder that ... Continue Reading →
Prices paid to achieve ‘successes’ of desegregation, urban ‘renewal’
Feb. 10, 2026 Tuesday's session was not a bus ride down Memory Lane. It was an occasionally searing experience of recreating the moment in African-Americans' lives when the cost of "urban renewal" or cross-town busing for school desegregation fell directly on their shoulders. And some of the ... Continue Reading →
Summaries of Forum announcements suspended
Feb. 8, 2026 Another update about changes at the Forum. Earlier articles are from Sept. 9, Sept. 26, Nov. 13, and Nov. 18. Saturday night I inadvertently caused a part of the Forum website to go offline. Within 6 hours, techs had the website problem mostly fixed, but I have not been. An ... Continue Reading →
Education a key part of West Side’s history
Feb 6, 2026 As a 15-year-old, Dorothy Counts endured days of ridicule, shunning and concern for her family so she could desegregate Charlotte's Harding High School in September 1957. That act did not spring out of nothing. It followed legal preparations. And it stood on the firm foundation of the ... Continue Reading →
Forum adjusts Black History Month series due to weather
Feb. 3, 2026 With reports of icy streets in the Belmont Center area, facilitators on Monday decided to cancel the in-person meeting for Feb. 3. The day was to begin a monthlong series commemorating the 100th year of Black History Month. Winston Robinson, who designed the series, asked for a ... Continue Reading →
A plea for time to give Barber-Scotia a future
Barber-Scotia College's donation platform is here. The college website is here. Update: In an interview with WBTV's Dedrick Russell on Feb. 10, Rey projected a May 1 event to celebrate meeting the financial criteria for submitting a request for re-accreditation. ... Continue Reading →
Candidates want more county support for affordable housing
Jan. 27, 2026 Lingering ice and very cold weather pushed the Forum back to its COVID-19 pandemic days. But there was great interest online in attending a session allowing County Commissioner candidates in Districts 1, 2 and 3 to introduce themselves to a countywide audience. Many voters clearly ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte’s sounds of music
Building a new, Black-led city from scratch
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