Thomas Hanchett
Author of new book, Affordable Housing in Charlotte - What One City\'s History Tells Us about America\'s Pressing Problem, University of North Carolina Press
- Role
- Consultant at Community Building Initiative
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Thomas Hanchett
Dr. Tom Hanchett is a community historian in Charlotte, NC. He’s best known for his history book Sorting Out the New South City: Race, Class & Urban Development in Charlotte (new 2nd edition from UNC Press in 2020).Educated at Cornell University, University of Chicago, and UNC Chapel Hill, he especially enjoys working with community groups on neighborhood histories, museum exhibitions and walking tours. His website, showcases his wide range of writing: a scholarly study of US shopping mall history, newspaper columns on immigrant foodways, explorations of early country and gospel music, history of Rosenwald Schools and Black education across the South. Charlotte Magazine calls him “Charlotte’s Dr. History” and named him a 2015 Charlottean of the Year.
Experience
Consultant
Jan 2011 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Presenter and tour leader - Launched in 2011, CBI Bus Tours are intended as an innovative, interactive approach to bringing the history of Charlotte to life, while exploring how our shared history and “what’s in the ground” in our community impacts our present and our future. The tours were developed and tested with the support of a grant from the Arts & Science Council, in collaboration with Dr. Tom Hanchett (Community Historian, Levine Museum of the New South, retired) and John Howard (City of Charlotte, Historic Districts Commission).
Education
Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History
1978
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, American History (United States)
1993
University of Chicago
Master's degree, Urban Studies/Affairs
1986
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