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Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

African American art and history in a striking Uptown building, named for the city's first Black mayor.

Official Website
Photo: Mark Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Closed Mondays; check the website
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
551 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Uptown, by the Mint and Bechtler museums.

Why Go

Harvey Gantt was the first Black student at Clemson and later Charlotte's first Black mayor. The center holds a major collection of African American art and remembers Brooklyn, the Black neighborhood cleared for Uptown's redevelopment.

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