Situated in Charlotte’s Second Ward, Brooklyn was downhill from Uptown. In the late 18-hundreds, the area was known as Logtown; a place where recently emancipated slaves took up residence. As the 20th began, the population was solidly African American. And It was not until the mid-1910s that Logtown would become generally known as Brooklyn. Brooklyn started to develop into a thriving, self-sustaining community. The neighborhood’s housing supply ranged from shanty towns to the grand homes of black professionals. Where Biddleville was centered around higher education and was an bordering area of the city, Brooklyn was the Main Street for Charlotte’s African Americans. Many important landmarks in the community include the Myers Street School (Charlotte’s first black public school 1886-1907), the city’s black YMCA, a Library for blacks, and much more.

Sources:

Charlotte Magazine – Memories of Brooklyn

Charlotte Brooklyn History

UNCC Brooklyn Story

Fox 46 Charlotte Youtube – Charlotte’s Lost Neighborhood 

Mecklenburg Investment Company Building

Brevard Street Library

UNCC Digital Collections: Brooklyn

Charlotte Oberser - Black History Month: Charlotte’s vanishing historic sites

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