Local Roots

Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Elizabeth Nye McKee about Charlotte's rapid growth and how its past has shaped Charlotte into what it is today.

Host Alicia Barnes and Chief Legal Analyst Khalif Rhodes take a special look at the Queen City News Black History Month Special: Generational Wealth.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Dr. Amy Hawn Nelson talk about the history of redlining in the Charlotte area.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Manolo Betancur about the eastland era and how the eastland mall put east Charlotte on the map. Manolo talks about his bakery and how diversity has helped shape East Charlotte. 

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Dr. Hugh Dussek about the revolutionary war. What impact did Charlotte have on the revolutionary war and how did it give the Charlotte Hornets their name?

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Jared Misner about the history of the Carolina Theatre and its restoration.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Dr. Jonathan Stuhlman about Romare Bearden. They discuss the impact he had in the art world and to his community here in Charlotte. 

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Winston Robinson about the history behind McCrorey Heights and why preserving that history is important.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Mayor Pro Tem Dante Anderson about the history behind the four wards of Charlotte.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Dr. Todd Herman about the history of Charlotte's street names, churches and the Mint Museum.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett about the history and growth of affordable housing.

Queen City News Anchor and Host Alicia Barnes talks with Dr. Tom Hanchett and Winston Robinson about the Excelsior Club, Brooklyn Village, and the growth of Charlotte becoming a financial hub.