Museum Of The New South

The First Documented Lynching In Charlotte

There was a shootout between a white police officer and Joe McNeely. The injured officer was taken to Presbyterian Hospital McNeely was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, the African-American hospital once found where fans stand and cheer for the Panthers.

Some say that a group as large as 70, another version says 30 masked men gathered around 1 in the morning and stormed the hospital, Levine Museum historian Willie Griffin told WBTV. Drug him out of his hospital bed into the front of the hospital and they riddled him with bullets and they just disappeared.

The other documented lynching in Mecklenburg happened in June, 1929, when Willie McDaniel a tenant farmer was murdered for arguing with a white landowner over nonpayment for work.Documentation of the two recorded Mecklenburg County lynching victims in the Levine Museum of the New South exhibition The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America.The two Mecklenburg lynchings are among the 4,391 that occurred between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950, as documented by the Mobile, Ala.-based Equal Justice Initiative, including 123 in North Carolina.

The exhibition asks Charlotte-Mecklenburg to face its past so that it can make sense of its present.

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This flag with anemic stars, representing our America of 2020, was put together just as the country was about to be ripped apart. Its happening. The construction of democracy sounds so good we believe it and fall uncritically under its spell, blind to never ending hideous transgressions. It is a contract signed onto with hope, that is enforced by law and order and it is a cruel con. In fact, it is a societal contract nurturing an enforcement of privileges and protections that excludes Black lives and mutes their voices.

Here we are, under a viral infection that is not a hoax. While here we are, witnessing not riots but the writhing, thrashing, seething pain brought by a perversion of democracy that is a hoax, that is a disease of institutionalized injustice, white supremacy and privilege. Our system is not broken, it has been fixed from the beginning against a fair struggle for justice. This is a fabricated sham to be ripped into shreds. If the means, climate, and methods to build a liberty that actually matters are not there, we must join a mission to create them, guided by and with those who have endured and survived this oppression.

Mel Chin

Anne Frank: A History For Today

The international exhibition, Anne Frank: A History for Today, tells the story of Anne Frank against the background of the Holocaust and World War II. The exhibit traces Annes family history, their experience in hiding during the war, and the legacy Anne left behind through her diary. Local students trained as docents will facilitate conversations about the lessons of this history and what they mean for us today.

Anne Frank: A History for Today is a partnership between Levine Museum of the New South and the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Centers Pop-Up History initiative. The exhibit was developed by the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina.

Exhibit runs March 4 – 21, 2022.

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It Happened Here: Lynching And Remembrance

It Happened Here builds on the Equal Justice Initiatives research into the history of lynching across America, situating Mecklenburg Countys two recorded lynchings and the local effort to memorialize the victims within the national conversation.The exhibit also features AN OUTRAGE, a documentary filmed on-location at lynching sites in six states and bolstered by the memories and perspectives of descendants, community activists, and scholars.

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This series of photos is based on my personal motto, open your mouth, if you want to be heard.

As the son of immigrants living in the south, I remember growing up always feeling different, like I did not fit in. I felt less valued than my white friends, many of whom came from upper middle class and rich families. I felt like I did not have a voice.

Through photography, I explore the themes of privilege, immigration, racism, nationalism, colorism, classism, and identity. I make my images, to spark dialogue, in order to better understand these issues and find solutions. More importantly, my photos give a voice to those who have been stifled by society based on privilege and oppression.

My photos in this series add to this dialogue. The continued murders of Black and Brown people at the hands of the police, attacks on immigrants, the ever-rising cost of healthcare, and the handling of the COVID-19 crisis are issues on peoples minds, as we prepare to vote in November on who we are as a nation.

With the 2020 elections only months away, we are at a crucial moment in history when we are all exploring our national identity. We are all figuring out what it means to be human beings deserving of dignity and the right to exist and pursue happiness.

Hector Vaca

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Chinese Girl Wants Vote is a documentary-style short film created about lesser-known suffragist Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee. The project was conceived in response to a growing anti-Asian sentiment since COVID-19 and in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage centennial of the passage of the 19th amendment in the constitution for American womens right to vote. Jinna’s 5-minute docu-film is a successful example of inclusive showcasing diverse faces, about issues relevant today. Jinna captures key themes of voter rights, and immigration, in a powerful way.

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Levine Museum Of The New South

The Levine Museum of the New South, is a history museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina whose exhibits focus on life in the North CarolinaPiedmont after the American Civil War. The museum includes temporary and permanent exhibits on a range of Southern-related topics. Founded in 1991 as the Museum of the New South, it was renamed after museum patron and Family Dollar founder Leon Levine in 2001, also the year the current facility at 7th and College Streets downtown opened.

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Kathryn Hills First Month In Charlotte Is One She Will Never Forget After Having Spent Most Of Her Adult Life Working In Museums Hill Became President Of The Levine Museum Of The New South She’d Been In The Position For Less Than Three Weeks When The City Exploded Over The Death Of Keith Lamont Scott A 43

Within hours, protests turned violent and spilled out across the city. There was one death, many injuries, and extensive vandalism. The business district of one of America’s major banking centers shuttered its doors for a day, but the museum stayed open.

People were calling and asking, “What’s the Levine Museum going to do about this? We need you to do something,” Hill recalls. Never in her career had she seen a community turn to a museum with that kind of call to action, she says.

Nevertheless, a week later, with emotions in the city running high, the Levine hosted a town meeting, “to lay down historical context to explain what happened,” and to facilitate a conversation Hill says was “passionate and genuine” and respectful. By April, the museum’s staff had mounted a “rapid response exhibit,” Kw Justice, Kw Peace, that incorporated stories from activists, the local police, clergy, civic leaders, and others. “The community stepped up and helped us stage it really fast,” Hill says. Kw Justice Kw Peace had the highest attendance of any exhibit at the museum in the past decade, she says.

“What exploded around that event had been in the ground for years and years,” she says. “If you don’t understand that history, you’re not going to understand what happened. I had the opportunity, under tragic circumstances, to honor the legacy of the museum’s founders, to seize the moment to use history to build community, as I think only the Levine Museum can.”

Lumbee Indians: A People And A Place

Levine Museum of the New Souths latest exhibit, Lumbee Indians: A People and a Place, explores Lumbee people and culture in portraiture. Curated by Nancy Strickland Fields, Director of UNC Pembrokes Museum of the Southeast American Indian, this visual narrative of the Lumbee tells a history and experience of family and home, land and water, faith and memory. Exhibit opened Saturday, November 14, 2020.

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What Is The Southern

Although representing less than 1% of southern states population, and only 2.1% of Americas Jewish population, Southern Jews have made a substantial mark on the communities where they lived and the nation as a whole. Southern cities and towns have had Jewish mayors, sheriffs, council members and civic leaders, in highly disproportionate numbers. And this occurred in the nations Bible Belt, a region steeped in deep Christian faith and a loyal grip on its distinctive ways.

The Southern Jewish Experience shines a light on the experiences of strangers in a strange landwho must adapt, accommodate, conform to their surroundings, and at the same time embrace, sustain, and celebrate their unique history, culture, and religious practices. But it is also a great testament to the soul of the Southerner, who accepted and encouraged their Jewish neighbors as members of the community: leaders, partners, and friends.

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These works explore environmental issues resulting from human impact on the natural world. I have been working with the Monarch Butterfly image for several years, calling attention to the decline and threat to the North American Monarch and its annual migration. When HB2 became an issue in North Carolina, my Monarchs anthropomorphized into the Changeling Series as a metaphor for the LGBTQ community. LGBTQ individuals are somewhat like the endangered Monarch Butterfly, in that they face obstacles in their life cycle. They are all richly colorful and patterned to speak of individuality and beauty. Vote For The Environment butterflies represent all of us across the U.S.who need to be vocal about the future of our natural environment and climate change. The future of the environment is in crisis and for me this is what is foremost on my ballot.

Ruth Ava Lyons

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The Levine Museum Of The New South Will Open In A New Location In Uptown On South Tryon Street This Fall The Museum Said In A Press Release Thursday

Driving the news: The Levine Museum will reopen in a 6,000 square-foot, ground-floor space of the Three Wells Fargo Center, initially for three years at no cost, as they and Wells Fargo evaluate long-term space needs, per the statement.

• The new space will host field trips, community dialogues and gatherings, feature a retail shop, and be a launching point for the augmented reality walking tour of Brooklyn, the museum said.

State of play:

• The museums longtime location closed on May 15.

Why it matters:

• But the move marks a new chapter for the museum as it transitions to digital content and non-traditional spaces.

The Brooklyn exhibit in the old Levine Museum space. Photo: Danielle Chemtob/Axios

Between the lines: The Levine Museum joins a number of other cultural institutions in that part of Uptown. The Uptown stretch of Tryon Street is bookended by the arts, with VAPA and the McColl Center to the north and Harvey B. Gantt Center, Mint Museum, Knight Theater, the Bechtler Museum and now the Levine Museum to the south.

What theyre saying: This arrangement helps ensure Levine Museum can continue the award-winning exhibits and programming were known for while also expanding our offerings to new audiences and locations, Kathryn Hill, President and CEO of Levine Museum, said in the release.

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Voting has always been key to equity and inclusion in our history. The current racial climate in our country and in Charlotte has challenged me to truly consider what I could specifically do as a direct action in the fight against systemic racism. As Black woman in architecture, a non-traditional field, I see the barriers to entry literally, socially and economically into spaces. The ballot box is one such political space that has been a battle ground hard fought through the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the Civil Rights Movement. I can not take it for granted since it laid the ground work for access into my profession. Besides architecture, I am a hobby painter but I’ve begun to understand art as activism. My past work usually consists of scenes that inspire me or reimagining pictures I have taken. I tend to use textures and layers to build the visual story. My hope is that people will see themselves or the places they have been in my work.Christina Aiken

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Levine Museum Of The New South Looks Back As It Prepares For Change

Levine Museum of the New South is known for connecting the past to the future and speaking on current issues. But whats the future of the museum itself?

Museum officials announced plans last month to sell the 0.7-acre property located at 200 E. 7th Street in uptown Charlotte. CEO and President Kathryn Hill said Levine Museum is not closing but focusing on creating an experience thats digital-first and community-centered.

We are committed to deepening our impact by diversifying the ways that we deliver broadly accessible, highly compelling content that we develop with the communities we serve, she said.

The museum will remain in the building it has occupied since 1996 over the next year while implementing its digitally focused vision. Many of Levine Museums current exhibits already have a virtual component, but Hill believes there could be more accessibility.

#homeclt: People Places Promises

#HomeCLT is an exhibit series rooted in the stories of Charlottes neighborhoods. #HomeCLT aims to show the city in the words of its diverse residents, to reveal the unexpected, to prompt reflection and dialogue, and to inspire civic participation as Charlotte strives to build a more equitable future.

The first iteration of #HomeCLT includes the stories of the Eastland Mall, Enderly Park, Hidden Valley, Dilworth and Sedgefield neighborhoods. Through an Augmented Reality app developed by Dr. Ming-Chun Lee of UNC Charlottes College of Arts and Architecture, visitors will see the demographic changes in these neighborhoods occur over time as visuals and graphics are projected on their phones and other devices.

The exhibit includes a video recording booth where visitors can tell their own stories of the neighborhoods they have shaped and that have shaped them. It also features work by Charlotte photographer, Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr., and videographer, David Butler, and is made possible by generous support from lead sponsor, Crescent Communities.

#HOMECLT: PEOPLE. PLACES. PROMISES.

Exhibition Prototype Launch.

This exhibition will continue to grow, change and evolve over time. Give us feedback, help us test a new Augmented Reality app, share your own stories and join the conversation about Charlottes future!

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Levine Museum Of The New South Selling Uptown Charlotte Facility Embarking On Digital Transformation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Levine Museum of the New South, a museum with exhibits that explore Charlottes post-Civil War history and the changing neighborhoods that define the current day city, is selling its uptown property as they embark on a new, digitally-focused vision.

The news comes as the museum celebrates its 30th anniversary.

President and CEO Kathryn Hill says this decision to sell the uptown property comes as part of the calling to reach new audiences and deliver non-traditional programming to fully embrace the museums next chapter.

Wednesdays news doesnt mean any immediate changes and Hill says they will continue to deliver the same programming expected from Levine Museum.

For several years, Levine Museum has engaged in a deep exploration of the future of museums and of our own beloved Levine Museum. The Museums mission has never been more important, and if we are to reach broadly across the community, we must imagine new ways to create and deliver content in the digital age. We recognize, too, that we need to work more closely with and in the communities we serve, to ensure all Charlotteans are heard and known, Hill wrote in a letter.

The museum recently got an endorsement of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which gave them a three-year, $600,000 grant to support its community-centered, digital-first transformation.

The museum currently continues to welcoming visitors now and is planning for on-site programs, events and Family Days later in 2021.

Brooklyn: Once A City Within A City

Levine Museum of the New South goes to Brooklyn, adding this rich historic neighborhood to its current exhibit #HomeCLT: People. Places. Promises amultilayered exhibitthatexplores Charlottes neighborhoods as theyve grown and changed over time through Augmented Reality experiences that bring the stories alive.

Brooklyn: Once a City Within a City, explores the rise and demise of Charlottes Brooklyn neighborhood, once the most thriving and vibrant black community in the Carolinas.

Brooklyn gives voice to the memories of former residents and community members. The exhibit encourages reflection about a place that provided opportunities and sanctuary for African Americans, and explores the consequences of urban renewal and what a community may lose in the name of progress and growth. Visitors will also learn about the politics that further segregated the city and deepened the economic opportunity gap that Charlotte continues to struggle with today.

Learn more about Charlottes Brooklyn neighborhood, on foot, with an immersive GPS-based experience.

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