Levine Museum of the New South

This museum shows the diverse history of the South since the Civil War, with a focus on Charlotte and the surrounding Carolina Piedmont.

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• We Shall Over Come - Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement Information, photographs, text, and an itinerary of 49 historic places related to the civil rights movement, including the events of the post-World War II period, and especially the 1950s and 1960s.
• Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World Explore Southern textile mills from their beginnings to the 1930s, drawing largely on the perspectives of mill workers themselves.

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• The Charlotte Museum of History: Permanent exhibits in the Charlotte Museum of History include Native American artifacts, representations of the colonial settlers, interactive dioramas of how the town of Charlotte looked in 1775, gold mining, the Civil War, and 2oth century topics. There are also temporary exhibits.
• De facto vs. de jure segregation: This lesson for grades 11 and 12 will help students understand the difference between de facto and de jure segregation. Students will listen to three oral history excerpts and discuss the experiences of segregation described in each. As a follow-up activity, students will brainstorm solutions to both de facto and de jure segregation.
• School desegregation pioneers: In this lesson, students will learn about the challenges faced by the first students to desegregate Southern schools. Students will hear oral histories telling the story of desegregation pioneers from Alabama and North Carolina and critically analyze images of school desegregation. They will synthesize the information by writing a narrative from the point of view of a black student desegregating a white school.

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• Learn more about African Americans, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, history, history museum, segregation, social studies, textile mills, urban life, and women.

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Located in Charlotte’s emerging downtown cultural district, the Levine Museum of the New South houses the nation’s most comprehensive interpretation of post-Civil War Southern history. Interactive, multi-sensory exhibits engage visitors with "features stories of the people - men, women, children, black, white, rich, poor, long-time residents and newcomers - who have shaped the South since the Civil War."

All tours for school groups are aligned to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Call Robin Morris at 704.333.1887 ext. 238 or email rmorris@museumofthenewsouth.org to make reservations.

The Museum sponsors two exciting and interactive live performances that travel to your school. Bring history alive in the classroom with visits from historical figures!

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