Lem Long discusses growing up in Mint Hill, just east of Charlotte, North Carolina, and visiting the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, also known as Second Ward. Topics include founding his own funeral business, Long and Son Mortuary Services, his membership with the AME Zion Rock Hill Church, urban renewal during the 1960s and 1970s and the relocation of churches, the United House of Prayer for All People and its role in the African American community in Charlotte, and differences between his rural neighborhood in Mint Hill and the more urban Brooklyn community.