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The New, New South
(14.4 | 28.8) (entire program)
The South, and in particular Charlotte -- North Carolina's largest city -- is now a favorite destination for a wave of new immigrants from abroad as well as blacks and whites coming back after living in the North. The influx of newcomers is changing the face of the South and the nature of Charlotte, which has emerged on the world stage in the last decade as a major financial center second only to New York.
The place that once was a regional railroad hub is now striving to become a world class city. Rapid growth in Charlotte is fueling a reconfiguration of the city's landscape as developers tear down the old and build new high-rises, highways and miles of suburbs.
When a city's economy booms, jobseekers -- many of them immigrants -- flock to fill vacancies. While jobs are a main attraction for the newcomers, what else is pulling immigrants to Charlotte and the rest of the South? How does Charlotte embody the changing face of the contemporary South? How well does Charlotte assimilate its newcomers? Join host Juan Williams and his guests as they explore Charlotte's status as a major new South City.
Guests:
Thomas Hanchett - historian, Museum of the New South and author, Sorting Out the New South Cities (UNC Raleigh, 1998)
Jim Palermo - Executive Vice President of Management Services for Bank of America
Patrick McCrory - Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina and Chair of the NC Coalition of Public Transportation
Marty Irving - CEO, Irving Group (a northern VA based commercial real estate firm) and Chairman, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) (a North America trade association with members in the U.S. and Canada)
John Powell - Sonosky Professor of Law and Executive Director, Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School
The Changing Face of America is an 18-month-long NPR series that tells the stories of regular, everyday Americans and the issues they face at a time of rapid and dramatic change in the U.S. This special series can be heard on NPR's Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
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