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Preserving, connecting: JCSU archiving the Black Charlotte experience
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 →
Where’s the outrage over reading achievement decline?
Sept 10, 2021 The following commentary was first published by QCityMetro (website; PDF) and The Charlotte Post (website; PDF) on Sept. 8. The last Facebook post of Heather Hyer (the young white woman killed in Charlottesville, Va. during the Fight White Supremacy Protest) read, "If you are not ... Continue Reading →
Pushing against partisan divisions in the N.C. legislature
Sept. 7, 2021 An animated speaker. Lots of questions. Many Forum regulars this morning seemed well pleased with the broad discussion of issues being discussed in Raleigh, led by N.C. Sen. Natasha Marcus, chair of the Mecklenburg delegation to the N.C. General Assembly. Marcus represents a ... Continue Reading →
‘Massive community response’ sought to overcome reading loss
Sept. 3, 2021 In an initial review of 3rd-grade reading scores from CMS and some comparison districts, the nonprofit Read Charlotte has outlined the sweeping erosion in reading skills among young children due to the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic is an equal opportunity ... Continue Reading →
‘The first published poet – Phillis Wheatley’
"Incredible Black Women You Should Know About" – The Series If I hear "Critical Race Theory" one more time, I'm going to scream! Teaching a class on this scholarly investigation of the intersectionality of law and race is not a thing. Since 2020, conservative U.S. lawmakers have sought to ban or ... Continue Reading →
A library retools for the digital/lockdown era
Aug. 31, 2021 The library began turning on a dime in March 2020, when its classes and readings and so forth had to go digital if they were to reach outside the lockdown. Hannah Terrell this morning shared with Forum participants some of what that's meant for an institution, once focused on ... Continue Reading →
The Vanishing Blue Heaven Park
Page initiated Aug. 28, 2021 President George Washington told his diary that Charlottetown was "a trifling place." Residents have often had another view, which has inspired them to remake their 19th century cotton trading town into a banking center and transit point for international travel; to ... Continue Reading →
Wexford outlines goals for medical center development
Aug. 24, 2021 Anxieties and excitement were both on display this morning as development officials outlined plans for an Innovation Zone that in a decade may surround the Wake Forest School of Medicine-Charlotte. Excitement came mostly from the presenters, who had plans to lay out: $300 million ... Continue Reading →
Some history of the medical school site
Aug. 20, 2021 Frank and Hattie Dixon lived at 617 Long St. He was a helper at Tabriz Persian Rugs at 501 E. Trade. St. Robert Roach, a yardman, lived at 620 Long St., across from the Dixons. George and Willie Brown lived at 621. He was an orderly at Presbyterian Hospital. One block west, between ... Continue Reading →
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