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Upbuilding Black Durham
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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… |
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Separate pasts
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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… |
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Black man in a white coat
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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… |
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The Wilmington Ten
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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 … |
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Homefront
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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, … |
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