Newsom to moderate panel discussion on black neighborhoods

Mary Newsom, associate director for urban and regional affairs at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, will moderate “People, Places and Pride: Charlotte’s Historic Black Neighborhoods” at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Levine Museum of the New South.

Mattie Marshall, president of the Historic Washington Heights Community Association; Second Ward/Brooklyn documentary filmmaker Kathryn Frye; and John Howard from the Charlotte Historic District Commission will discuss the rich history and uncertain future of black neighborhoods in the Queen City.

Panels from the Charlotte Museum of History’s “Charlotte Neighborhoods” exhibit, featuring Brooklyn and Biddleville, will be on display, along with a map and “streetscape” of Brooklyn.

This free event is being held in partnership with the Charlotte Museum of History’s “Charlotte Neighborhoods” exhibit. Registration is requested.