Vi Lyles
Charlotte mayor
Charlotte mayor who apologized for urban renewal
In the record (2)
2020 · 2020-08-10
More than 60 years after Charlotte's City Council voted for the federal urban renewal program that destroyed Brooklyn, Mayor Vi Lyles said the neighborhood 'was wiped off the map and its residents dispersed during the 1960s era of urban renewal' as part of a broader apology for the city's history of systemic racism.
Source · checked 2026-08-13
2020 · 2020-08-10
On August 10, 2020, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles delivered a formal statement acknowledging and apologizing for the city's role in urban renewal, specifically the destruction of the Brooklyn neighborhood in the 1960s, at a public forum organized in part by the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice.
Source · checked 2026-08-13