Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Blog

“The New South for the New Southerner,” hosted by community historian Dr. Tom Hanchett. Presented by Levine Museum of the New South, co-sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

New South for the New Southerner: Women Vote!

WOMEN VOTE! Members of Charlotte’s League of Women Voters give an illustrated history of events leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago on August 18, 1920. This program is presented by Levine Museum of the New South, co-sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library as part of Engage 2020: Look Back, Move Forward.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library welcomes Dr. Marjorie Spruill as part of the Engage 2020: Summer Series.

Engage 2020: Summer Series with Dr. Marjorie Spruill

Join Engage 2020: Summer Series - A Conversation with Marjorie Spruill on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. on the Library's Facebook live.

Virtual Programming from the Library - Week of 8/10/20

Stay connected while staying home with virtual programming from the Library.

Summer Break Begins to Wrap Up & How to Claim Prizes

Claim your Summer Break prizes at any Library location beginning August 10!

Women picketing for voting, courtesy of Getty Images.

The complicated history of the women's suffrage movement

The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room details the good, the bad and the ugly history of the U.S. women's suffrage movement and the important voting progress and policy changes made up to today and Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's current Engage 2020 program.

Highland Park Mill #3, c1904 courtesy of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room

Highland Park Mill #3 and the history of the NoDa community

How did NoDa come to be? The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room details how Highland Park Mill #3 led to the cultural and development boom of North Charlotte.

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