Harvey B. Gantt Center

A new exhibition at the Harvey B. Gantt Center For African-American Arts + Culture wants to show just how important resilience is to Black history.

Organizations around the Charlotte region are not letting the coronavirus get in the way of marking this year's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 18.

The coronavirus pandemic left artists, performers and restaurateurs reeling. Between that and the social justice protests that overtook the U.S. after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, creatives were finding new ways to reach audiences and make an impact. In fact, there were too many stories to tell in our arts and entertainment newsletter. Here are a few of the ones that stuck out the most to us.

Dr. Mary T. Harper, whose idea for an African American cultural center in Charlotte became reality in the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts…

For six months, the arts world in Charlotte and beyond has placed everything on hold and waited. Waited for coronavirus infection numbers to decline,…

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the African American community is getting attention and action in Mecklenburg County. But panelists at an…

Acclaimed African American architect Phil Freelon of Durham died Tuesday at the age 66. He was diagnosed more than three years ago with ALS, or Lou…

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are putting a lot of effort into trying to make all classrooms equitable, meaning not just giving students the…

Events are planned around Charlotte this weekend to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader who would have turned 90 this week. Among…

Many people only connect the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture to its tall upscale building uptown, its home for the past eight…