“By drawing those at the lower end of the economic scale into an illicit enterprise, bootlegging and moonshining in the Jim Crow South had the unintended effect of blurring lines of segregation…. “The African-American newspaper the Pittsburgh Courier reported with dry humor one North Carolina reference: ‘If white and Negro preachers understood each other and […]
Posts Tagged ‘prohibition’
Moonshine a force for interracial cooperation
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged bootlegging, jim crow, lisa mcgirr, moonshining, pittsburgh courier, prohibition, the war on alcohol on March 30, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Prohibition gave Coca-Cola break it needed
Posted in On This Day, tagged charlotte nc, coca-cola, j luther snyder, prohibition, soda fountains, soft drink bottling on April 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On this day in 1902: In Charlotte, J. Luther Snyder dispenses the first Coca-Cola bottled in the Carolinas. Until now Coke had been available only at soda fountains. Snyder will recall that business is mediocre until the arrival of Prohibition in Charlotte in 1905: “Eighteen saloons, two breweries. . . . I had a terrible […]
Occupy Wall Street movement spreads to link dump
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged asheville, chang and eng, ken burns, moog, nc civil war sesquicentennial, prohibition, siamese twins, uss north carolina, wilmington nc on October 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
— “Yes, Dear, a Battleship; No, Dear, I’m Cold-Sober” — Ken Burns missed quite a scene at the Eureka Saloon. — $30 for a year’s worth of “Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory.” — Memphis, Gibson. Nashville, Fender. Asheville, Moog. — “We wish to negotiate with you about the Bodys of the twins….”
‘Oh, your jeering methods, your hisses!’
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged cameron morrison, democratic national committee, john jacob raskob, prohibition on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“North Carolina’s Dry Senator Cameron Morrison threw the meeting [of the Democratic National Committee] into wild confusion with another loud speech…. “His attacks on Chairman [John Jacob] Raskob for injecting Prohibition into the meeting brought boos and hisses from the audience. Angrily he exclaimed: ‘Oh, your jeering methods, your hisses! But understand you’ll never tie […]
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