A few weeks ago, I gave a lecture at Duke Law School on the history of the white supremacy movement of 1898-1900 and how it shaped our political system, our society, and our legal system here in North Carolina. I always have to brace myself a bit to give that lecture: it is grim tale but it is also, by almost any measure, the most important event in North Carolina's history over the last 150 years.
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The Day Mrs. N. F. Harper Sang “Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior”
Nearly twenty years ago, scholar and archivist Linda Simmons-Henry led an extraordinary oral history project with African American elders in Pamlico County, N.C.. What I found most unforgettable about the project's interviews, back then and still today, is how much they are a history of faith and the spirit.
David Cecelski 