Storytellers
Melanotion
Cultural storytelling and memory preservation centered on Black community heritage across the Carolinas.
Est. 2026
CHARLOTTEMEMORYWORKERSCOLLABORATIVE
We exist to connect cultural heritage communities and provide resources for those stewarding our community's memory.
Enter the Collective →
Archive Series · No. 042West End Gathering, c. 1978
The MissionMEMORY IS THE
MEMORY IS THE
ROOT OF POWER.
Reclaiming the narrative of our city by connecting institutional resources to neighborhood storytellers, church historians, and the keepers of family record.
01 / The Movement
A coalition for the keepers of culture.
The collaborative brings together archivists, historians, genealogists, church and neighborhood historians, storytellers, and artists across Charlotte to share resources, spark community forums, and preserve memory together.
We are not an institution. We are a working network — a movement of people already doing the work, now organizing across silos so the labor of memory becomes shared, sustainable, and accountable to the communities it represents.
02 / The Registry
Memory workers
Institutional Archives
UNCC Atkins Library Archives
Special collections and university archives supporting community-led documentation projects across Charlotte.
Neighborhood Historians
West End Historical Society
Documenting the displaced and surviving histories of Charlotte's historic Black west-side neighborhoods.
Genealogists & Family Researchers
Queen City Roots
Tracing Carolina Black family lineages through migration records, church rolls, and oral history.
03 / Where we gather
UPCOMING
GATHERINGS
Free to memory workers, researchers, and community stewards. All convenings are open access.
See all events →Aug 06↗
Roll Call
University City Regional Library — Charlotte, NC
Sept↗
Memory Symposium Forum
Black Heritage Committee Memory Symposium — Saturday session