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thenewgreen · 4794 days ago · link · · parent · post: Charles McKinney, Jr., “Greater Freedom: The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, NC
I look forward to reading this book. I live about an hour away from Wilson. Wilson was once a huge tobacco town. In Durham (where I live) there is still a huge footprint left from the tobacco trade. NC was/is a moderate state, especially for the south, and this presents itself in Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham (the big cities) but it's not as prevalent in Eastern NC. This creates an interesting juxtaposition in the states civil rights history.
I would suggest skipping to about the 1/4 mark in the interview. This is when they begin talking about the book and not the authors pedigree.