This Month in North Carolina History As he opened the Southern Conference on Race Relations on October 20, 1942, sociologist Gordon B. Hancock compared the meeting of fifty-seven African-American professionals to the gatherings of revolutionaries two centuries before in Boston’s Faneuil Hall. “The matter handled in Faneuil Hall was delicate, but it was firmly handled […]
Archive for October 1st, 2010
October 1942: The Southern Conference on Race Relations and the “Durham Manifesto”
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Who Am I?
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A colleague recently found this image in our collection. Any guesses as to whom it is? Leave your guesses in the comments box below.
Valleys of whatever, mountains of whatever
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged alamance county nc, alex sink, benjamin franklin, mary oates van landingham, mecklenburg historical society, mountains of conceit, nc rep cary allred, new jersey, valley of humility on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
– The St. Petersburg Times quotes Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink as recalling North Carolina as “the valley of humility between two valleys of conceit.” Did the reporter misquote or the candidate misspeak? – Regardless, that mangling is no match for what N.C. Rep. Cary Allred of Alamance County concocted during a 1999 debate on […]
