HARVEY B. GANTT CENTER AND SMILEYBOOKS GIFT EXHIBIT VISITORS WITH A FREE COPY OF THE RICH AND THE REST OF US: A POVERTY MANIFESTO DURING THE 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION This inspiring and thought-provoking book seeks an end to poverty Charlotte, NC (August 30, 2012) – When the Democratic National Convention convenes in Charlotte, NC on September 3,...
America I Am exhibit at Gantt Center
At least 250 people visited the harvey B. Gantt Center to tour Tavis Smiley’s “America I AM: The African American Imprint”. The exhibition opened at the Gantt Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Visitors having just passed the “Doors of No Return” enter an area depicting were captive Africans were housed awaiting ships that would...
DNC 2012 Notebook: Art and history at the DNC
When delegates, celebrities, media and the just-plain-curious descend on Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention in September, scoping out local art and history might not be at the top of their to-do list. But maybe they should reconsider. Two exhibits that just opened Uptown add resonance to the renomination of the first black president – a point...
‘I AM’ celebrates proud history, culture
Exhibit shows ways blacks have contributed to America While in college in the 1960s, Macie Riddick was arrested for sitting down to eat ice cream at a whites-only section in Rock Hill. She spent about five days in jail. Memories of the civil rights movement came back to the Huntersville woman on Saturday as she and her husband, Melvin, toured almost 500 years...
