Historic Black Neighborhoods of Raleigh
9781467150880
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%African Americans of Durham County
9781467126465
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%African Americans are greatly responsible for the impressive growth of Durham County in North Carolina, once known as the "Capital of the Black Bourgeoisie".
Durham County, North Carolina, once called the "Chicago of the South" and the "Capital of the Black Bourgeoisie," has long occupied an important place in the hearts and minds of those who called Durham County home. African Americans have played a vital role in the growth and development of the region over the years, from antebellum times to Reconstruction to the Civil Rights era and in the present. The African American citizens of this historic Tar Heel county share an impressive story marked by determination, economic achievement, and resilience, and they have made a difference in all walks of life - educational, religious, civic, and commercial. This pictorial history reflects upon the rich and vibrant role that African Americans played in the area following emancipation. In its earliest stages, residents in such neighborhoods as Hayti, Hickstown, Crest Street, Pearsontown, the West End, the East End, and Walltown each created sturdy surviving communities that have shaped Durham.
Durham's Hayti
9780738567358
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Durham is a progressive New South city, one in which both the white and black populations have economically and culturally prospered over the past
century.
Durham's Hayti opens a door into the community's past that will allow you to walk down
familiar streets into a time that may seem distant, but is not that far removed, and to experience the full life of Hayti, from its churches and schools to its businesses and recreational pursuits.
Greensboro, North Carolina
9780738515250
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Around Surry County
9780738518060
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Join author and educator Evelyn Scales Thompson, Ph.D. as she recounts the rich history of the black communities in and around Surry County, North Carolina
From slavery in the 1800s to freedom in the 1950s, Black America Series: Around Surry County traces the footsteps of African Americans through their transition from house servants and field hands to landowners, farmers, and successful small business proprietors. This detailed pictorial history celebrates and honors the strong faith, courage, and determination of the Surry County area's black community.
Charlotte, North Carolina
9780738513751
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Join authors Vermelle Diamond Ely, Grace Hoey Drain, and Amy Rogers as they celebrate the rich history of the black community in Charlotte, North Carolina.
As in many cities in the early 20th-century South, the African-American citizens of Charlotte created their own society that mirrored the larger white community. Yet, black Charlotte was always self-sustaining, with its own schools, library, and businesses. Second Ward High School (1923-1969) was the area's first high school for blacks, and although the school and much of its surroundings have since been razed, the photo archive at the Second Ward Alumni House Museum helps keep alive the memories of the school and the entire black community.
Fayetteville, North Carolina
9780738505930
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Join author Fred Whitted as he recounts the unique history in this visual record of the black community in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
A city known historically for its ethnic diversity, Fayetteville has truly served as a leader and model in the state by providing opportunity to the African-American community. During the South's antebellum era, freedmen and local slaves established a strong black identity in the city, one that would grow cosmopolitan and evolve over the decades, surviving wars, depressions, and social inequalities. This work, with over 200 images, relates the black contribution to the city, featuring its earliest civic leaders, some of its older schools, such as Fayetteville State University, and a few of its outstanding citizens.
Vance County, North Carolina
9780738506630
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%See how the African-American community has played a vital role in the development and success of Vance County, North Carolina.
The African-American community has been an integral part of Vance County's history over the years. From antebellum times, to Reconstruction, to the Civil Rights era, to the present, this community has been through it all. Making a difference in all walks of life--educational, spiritual, commercial, and civic--the black citizens of this historic Tar Heel county share an impressive story, one marked by a determination and undeniable will to succeed through economic hardships and social challenges.
Picturing Greensboro
9781596292840
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9780738516448
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Sedalia and the Palmer Memorial Institute traces the growth and development of a rural Southern community that made an impact on the nation.
Sedalia, North Carolina, has a rich and diverse history. In 1901, the American Missionary Association hired a young woman, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, to teach at a small school in eastern Guilford County. The school closed in 1902, and at the request of the local residents, Brown remained and opened the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, which in later years became a world renowned African-American preparatory school that educated children from the wealthiest families in the United States and six foreign nations.
African Americans of Durham & Orange Counties
9781467119597
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Slave Escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina
9781467117852
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Hertford County, North Carolina
9780738514819
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Durham's Lincoln Hospital
9780738513669
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9780738586281
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9781467135832
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Slavery is a tragic chapter in the history of Wilkes County with a lasting legacy. Prominent businessmen and celebrated civic leaders, like General William Lenoir and William Pitt Waugh, were among the county's largest slaveholders. Judith Williams Barber endured forty-five years of slavery and garnered respect from both white and black residents. Her story is linked to free person of color and noted landowner Henderson Waugh, whose illustrious, slaveholding white father connected the two families--one slave and the other free. Author Larry Griffin takes readers on an emotional journey to separate fact from myth as he chronicles the history of slavery in Wilkes County.
Prominent businessmen and celebrated civic leaders, like General William Lenoir and William Pitt Waugh, were among the county's largest slaveholders. Judith Williams Barber endured forty-five years of slavery and garnered respect from both white and black residents. Her story is linked to free person of color and noted landowner Henderson Waugh, whose illustrious, slaveholding white father connected the two families--one slave and the other free. Author Larry Griffin takes readers on an emotional journey to separate fact from myth as he chronicles the history of slavery in Wilkes County.