CHARLOTTE GUIDE

Charlotte sits in the Appalachian foothills with mild winters and summers.

A view from the air reveals a sea of greenery throughout the region.

The “Queen City” has all the amenities of shopping, dining, and cultural sites.

 Whatever you do, don't call it a "Baby Atlanta" ... More
  

CULTURAL SITES

With the new Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture,

Johnson C. Smith University campus, Afro-American Children's Theatre, and

Latibah Collard Green Museum, Charlotte makes a splash ... More

RESTAURANTS and NIGHTCLUBS

Simmons' 4th Ward Restaurant, Coffee Cup, and Excelsior Club represent

the best of old Charlotte, while House of Jazz,

Addie's Jamaican, Mert's Heart & Soul Restaurant

represent a new and broader dining and nightlife options ... More

SHOPS and GALLERIES

Charlotte has a small, but growing collection of Black-owned bookstores, African craft, artifact and gift shops, a natural foods store and an art gallery to visit ... More

INNKEEPER and SPA

Charlotte is fortunate to have one of the best Bed & Breakfasts in the South

and a choice day spa for professionals as well  ... More

BLACK GENESIS
    The discovery of a 17-pound gold nugget in 1799 began an influx of prospectors.

The boom was short-lived and opportunists followed the louder call to California

a few years later. After the gold bust, the cotton industry brought

prosperity to slaveholders in the region ... More

THE LEGACY OF SWEET DADDY GRACE
    Charles Emmanuel Grace was born in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa.

He immigrated to the US in the early 1900s and lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts. where he was Influenced by Pentecostal and Evangelic ministers ... More

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - CHARLOTTE
   The Alexander Family exemplified Charlotte’s role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Zechariah Alexander owned Alexander Funeral Home, a center of community

and political activity in Charlotte’s Brooklyn/Second Ward ... More

PLACES OF WORSHIP

Charlotte hosts the Mother Church of the United House of Prayer for All People. It is

also home to notable AME Zion, COGIC and Baptist churches ... More

HISTORIC SITES

Queen City has historic sites that range from Black church foundings, Black bank foundings, Black publisher foundings and shotgun houses in the

historically Black Biddleville and Cherry districts ... More

FAMILY ATTRACTIONS

With pro football and pro basketball options, Discovery Place science center, ImaginOn, Charlotte Nature Museum, Paramount Carowinds theme park, and

Carolina Raptor Center, the city presents many options for families ... More

GENERAL ATTRACTIONS

An increase in corporate philanthropy the last decade has enriched Charlotte with

state-of-the-art concert halls and amphiteater to combine nicely with the region's

rich heritage in horse and NASCAR racing ... More

ART and HISTORY MUSEUMS

Levine Museum of the New South, Mint Museum of Craft & Design,

McColl Center for Visual Art, and Mint Museum of Art are responding to the

expanding appetite for sophsitcated museums in this financial center ... More

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