1960 - The Demolition of Second Ward Begins

1960 - The demolition of Second Ward begins.

• With money from the US Government, the Charlotte Redevelopment Authority begins to destroy Second Ward, the centrally-located black neighborhood of Brooklyn.
• The city later builds new government buildings and a park on the site.
• Most of the 1,000 black families relocate to traditionally black neighborhoods or to white working-class neighborhoods which would quickly become black.