“…. In the South, according to Urban T. Holmes of the University of North Carolina, Negro parents ‘have, for the most part, kept to standard names.’ But when they depart from the standard they sometimes go even further than their fellow Methodists and Baptists of the dominant race. In Rockingham County, North Carolina, Mr. Holmes […]
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Given names, given with imagination
Posted in Just A Bite, Tar Talk, tagged h.l. mencken, northampton county nc, rockingham county nc, romance philology, urban t holmes on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »