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History doesn’t make people; People make history

February 1, 2023 Forum & Commentary

Feb. 1, 2023 “Black history is a lifetime. It is not a month. Stop letting other people control the narrative.” – Forum participant Gary Marion Jan. 24, 2023       Perhaps there is no middle way between the stout defenders of Black History Month and Gary Marion's ... Continue Reading →

Preserving, connecting: JCSU archiving the Black Charlotte experience

September 14, 2021 Community & Housing

Sept. 14, 2021 Many of the stories have already been told about life in Black Charlotte neighborhoods maimed or destroyed by 1960s urban renewal or the current wave of gentrification. But Johnson C. Smith University Archivist Brandon Lunsford is on the hunt for the stories and photos that have ... Continue Reading →

Black History Month 2021

February 1, 2021 Community & Housing

Feb. 1, 2021 For many years, the Forum marked Black History Month by scheduling speakers and panelists who could offer a perspective on the history of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's African-American community. In the name of upholding that tradition in these pandemic times: The following graphics were ... Continue Reading →

‘They prayed, cried and marched for this right’

September 25, 2020 I am voting because

  By Juanita Chisholm Miller I am voting because it is a precious right that was attained through blood, sweat and tears of my forefathers and foremothers. They prayed, cried and marched for this right. They met with a few of the Presidents of this country. President Kennedy was ... Continue Reading →

Paving the road back from jail and prison for women

September 13, 2018 Community & Housing

Sept. 11, 2018 The stories were epic. A woman is discharged from prison in November wearing flip-flops. Women leave without a photo ID, or a bus pass, or a place to stay, or.... Tuesday's presenters explained the work of Changed Choices. It's a nonprofit working in a space where recidivism rates ... Continue Reading →

Going first, then helping those coming along after

February 2, 2016 Community & Housing

Feb. 2, 2016 Tuesday's speakers broke down barriers to African-Americans in the workplace by persevering despite harassment, unequal treatment and disrespect. Those are the war stories, and they are painful to listen to. But Juanita Miller, Carolyn Logan and Ken Koontz also pressed Forum ... Continue Reading →

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