Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set out to discover the historical background on key societal issues in the South, providing a framework to understand the path forward. The show investigates how we got here, fostering conversations with changemakers seeking to make a difference in the South in order to educate, and provide an opportunity for understanding to inform our collective future.
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Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set out to discover the historical background on key societal issues in the South, providing a framework to understand the path forward. The show investigates how we got here, fostering conversations with changemakers seeking to make a difference in the South in order to educate, and provide an opportunity for understanding to inform our collective future.
In this episode of 'Our New South', co-hosts Kevin Blackistone and Robert Greene II speak with Sherri Chisolm, the Executive Director of Leading on Opportunity in Charlotte, North Carolina, about The Chetty Report and her work to level the playing field on social and economic mobility and the recent migration of people of color back to the south. We also welcome Brian Straessle, Executive Director of The Sycamore Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, to discuss the challenges Southern cities have faced with respect to economic opportunity, and the work they are doing illuminate the issue, and rectify it in Tennessee and beyond.
At the conclusion of the episode, we hear the wise words of Arthur Griffin who serves on the Board of Mecklenberg County Commissioners, and is the former Chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, as well as Lori Thomas, who is the Executive Director of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and Charlotte Regional Data Trust.
'Our New South' is presented by the Levine Museum of the New South with thanks to the generous support of The Knight Foundation.
The series is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts, written and produced by Byron Hunter.
The editor and sound designer is Kyle Murdock.
The technical producer is Brian Douglas.
Executive producers are Franky Abbott and Jeremiah Tittle.
Special thanks to Levine team members Alexander Piñeres, Karen Sutton, and Cliff Whitfield.
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Our New South
Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC) presents an original scripted non-fiction storytelling podcast hosted by journalist Kevin Blackistone and professor of history Robert Greene II who set out to discover the historical background on key societal issues in the South, providing a framework to understand the path forward. The show investigates how we got here, fostering conversations with changemakers seeking to make a difference in the South in order to educate, and provide an opportunity for understanding to inform our collective future.
