CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - Are you committed to learning more about your own roots? Or are you just looking for things to do during Black History Month?
Either way, the new exhibition “Grier Heights: Community is Family,” which will run through Friday, May 31, at the Levine Museum of the New South is a must-see for history enthusiasts.
Director of Community Engagement with the Levine Museum of the New South, Karen Sutton joined today’s show to tell us more about the new exhibition.
Sutton said, it was developed in collaboration with the Grier Heights community center alongside current & former residents and features photographs and individual stories detailing 140 years of community history.
According to Sutton, the Grier Heights community was a thriving Black community, founded in the 1800s by former enslaved persons, Sam Billings and Arthur S. Grier.
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They lived on the land of today’s Monroe and Wendover roads, formerly known as Billingsville and later Grier Town, and built churches, schools, and traditions to strengthen their sense of community and independence.
Sutton also invited visitors to come by the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 for a free opportunity to listen to interviews of former and current residents, addressing the role of women, their favorite memories, community heroes and more.
For more details and RSVPs, visit their website.
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