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Brooklyn was the center of black life in Charlotte. Until the bulldozers arrived

January 24, 2019 by Karen Flint
section: News

This video was produced by The Charlotte Observer. It accompanies a retrospective article the newspaper published remembering the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte. See: Brooklyn was the center of black life in Charlotte. Until the bulldozers arrived.

The Charlotte Observer used Martin Luther King Day as an opportunity to remember the neighborhood, asking six Charlotteans to share their memories of Brooklyn.

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