Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Upbuilding Black Durham Upbuilding Black Durham Leslie Brown "In the 1910s, both W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington praised the black community in Durham, North Carolina, for its exceptional race progress. Migration, urbanization, and industrialization ha… OL11891726W
Separate pasts Separate pasts Melton Alonza McLaurin In *Separate Pasts* Melton A. McLaurin honestly and plainly recalls his boyhood during the 1950's, an era when segregation existed unchallenged in the rural South. In his small hometown of Wade, Nort… OL1864341W
Black man in a white coat Black man in a white coat Damon Tweedy "One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans. When Damon Tweedy begins medical school,he envisions a bri… OL19668477W
The Wilmington Ten The Wilmington Ten Kenneth Robert Janken "In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The … OL20017766W
Homefront Homefront Catherine Lutz "Some have called America a country made by war. But in this study of a military, Catherine Lutz shows how we are a country made by war preparation.". "Lutz focused on Fayetteville, North Carolina, … OL4312693W