This final evening of the 2016 festival evening explored the path from Harvey Gantt’s desegregating Clemson University to study architecture, to his serving as Mayor of Charlotte, NC. The Hon. Mel Watt, Gantt’s long-time friend and campaign manager, reflects on the Gantt campaigns and his own work as a civil rights attorney and career public servant. And Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks on the mentorship of his co-panelists in his path to appointed office.
Moderator: Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO, BET.
Panelists • The Honorable Harvey Gantt, former Mayor of Charlotte, NC • The Honorable Melvin Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and former United States Congressman (NC-12th District) • The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Sec. of Transportation and 2nd African American Mayor of Charlotte, NC.
Co-hosted with the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center.
Special Performance – Back by popular demand, Nolan Williams, Jr. and the Voices of Inspiration will again close-out the festival with inspirational songs of hope. Performance produced by NEWorks Productions.
