Events

  • Welcome Home Reception for Dr. William Griffin

    Please join the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Heritage Council and the James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University in welcoming Dr. Willie Griffin. Dr. Willie Griffin is the new historian at the Levine Museum of the New South. Come hear about the upcoming Beatties Ford Road Preservation and History project and future community outreach projects.…

  • Community Read

     March 5, 2019: Johnson C. Smith University will host a book discussion and viewing of the movie, “The Hate You Give,” with a presentation by Toussaint Romain. The program will end with a Live Podcast with Mastermind Podcast to capture people’s comments and reactions to the book and movie.  The movie and discussion will be held in the James…

  • RCLM 37 Exhibit

    The James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University has received a grant from Culture Blocks to fund RCLM 37, an experiential exhibition of art and history that reimagines past, present and future narratives of the Beatties Ford Road corridor. The exhibit space is formatted to create multiple vignettes of collaged images playing off of…