That was an awesome documentary! So much more is needed to educate people. Thanks to all who were involved with this project.

Wow! Kudos for shining a light on a past history that should be remembered. UNC and NC State need to acknowledge with no less than a plaque. UNC needs to re-name it's stadium.

I love football and see all these stadiums during the fall but never knew about them. Very good documentary about it all.

Thank you to all those who contributed to this documentary. Very interesting and enlightening. Much appreciated!

Your documentary how I would love for you to tell the stories.. This generation of young adults are very visual learners. This is the information future generations might appreciate, Thank you for a job well done!

This was very interesting and very inspirational.very good heads up.

Excellent documentary.

North Carolina you got to do better

The holocaust story without a justice claim delivered in the form or reparations in which no one objects to the story, or reparations. Doesn't make sense to me that a story is being told today to the descendants of slavery without reference to reparations as though one descendant is deserving of their ancestors pain and struggle. A good story without bite. A useless story. Yes? I am a 17 yr old and here these grown folks want to tell me this story as if knowing the story will make my life better after all the setbacks, torture, terrorism, Jim-crow, red lining etc and "we ALL gonna be better because of this history." Someone please respond and make this make sense.

@sonshinestar5572

7 ай бұрын

The question you need to ask yourself, is why you see no value in learning history?

@nicholasestes4299

7 ай бұрын

As the saying goes, if you don't know history, you are doomed to repeat it.

@christopherlea5095

7 ай бұрын

Hi! I'm Chris Lea, the guy who hosted this doc. Thank you for the comment. When I pitched this, the idea was to just tell the stories that many people don't know and let the audience come to their own conclusions. That's typically the aim or 'real' journalism because it's absent of agenda. However, you're absolutely correct that something needs to be done, especially to folks who are descendants of former enslaved people and folks who have had their homes/properties taken/condemned to build stadiums, schools, lakes, highways, parks, etc. This doc only scratches the surface and there's no way we could fit everything in 30 minutes, which is another reason why it is absent of agenda. I disagree that this makes it not worth watching. You're 17, watched this and clearly there's some inspiration there and that makes me happy. We need to know our history and the fight for equity has many different roles and players. My role is journalism/storytelling. Maybe yours is organization and movement to get things done. I thank you for watching and I wish you nothing but the best.

@jeromebrooks8209

7 ай бұрын

Sounds like typical white guilt.

@davidiihouston6883

20 күн бұрын

If you hope to continue the fight for reparations, you need to know these stories. All of them. There is no such thing as a "useless story" when it comes to history.

No one took away the poor people there. Many new homes have been built for poor people primarily Black through community funds. Did anyone ask ME if that stadium should be there? I'm a white native whose "Gold mining" family helped originate Charlotte. I grew up very close to Panthers Stadium. I wish they had NOT built it. It cost taxpayers millions and is an eyesore to me. But get to the truth: 70% of NFL players are BLACK (over 53 are on the Panthers list on the website). Their average salary is $ 2 million each. I'm confused about why Blacks today feel slighted over an awful, despicable lynching in 1913 that should have never occurred....when Black NFL players are now made so extremely wealthy WITH the help of ALL taxpayers here, myself included. WHY is the GOOD done to help Blacks always forgotten and only the BAD remembered?

@jeromebrooks8209

7 ай бұрын

The entire area in Uptown and where the stadium stands was a segregated area called Brooklyn which was filled with Black homes, schools, churches and businesses. The city came in and destroyed the area in the name of Urban Renewal to build what is now Uptown Charlotte. No one cares about your opinion when literally thousands of Black families were forced to move and figure it out. That Black man who was lynched where the stadium stands is not to be compared with the success of Black athletes, who aren't even allowed to become NFL owners and barely allowed to become head coaches. Do us all a favor and shut your ignorant mouth.

@davidiihouston6883

20 күн бұрын

NFL players, many of whom do not make 2m a season, represent a very tiny fraction of the Black population, never mind the fact that almost no Panthers actually come from Charlotte. The recent success of dozens doesn't offset the subjugation and theft of thousands.