Plum Thickets & Field Daisies 1996 Rose Love Brooklyn Charlotte NC Memoir 1st Ed

Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1996. First edition cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket of Plum Thickets & Field Daisies by Rose Leary Love.

Rose Leary Love, born near the turn of the 20th century, lived most of her life in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, a historic and self-sufficient African-American community. Named after Brooklyn, New York to reflect the aspirational vision of its late 19th-century founders, Brooklyn was Charlotte's first and largest Black community, where professionals, artisans, and laborers all lived together. Prepared by a family heritage of fighting for human rights, Love wrote this memoir as the neighborhood was declining and city officials had decreed it be razed. The book captures the life of this beloved community, gaining poignancy because its demolition occurred shortly after Love's death during the urban renewal movement.

Includes some clipped newspaper articles about Dr. J.T. Williams, a resident of Brooklyn, Charlotte, and the first African-American to serve on the Charlotte Board of Aldermen.

Good condition. Dust jacket front cover slightly rippled from liquid. Book is unaffected. 3-inch area of discoloration from sticker to the front fly leaf. Bookplate attached to the back of the half-title page. Solid book with shelf wear.