Legacy: Three Centuries of Black History in Charlotte, North Carolina | 2nd Edition

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renewal” program, which had razed the Brooklyn neighborhood and was eating into several other Black communities. Despite an outpouring of upbeat publicity, urban renewal would prove far more destructive than any bomb.22

Reginald Hawkins points to damage from the 1964 bomb that exploded at his home. Charlotte Observer photo. Courtesy of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room.

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