Today I want to share a photo-essay about a recent trip to Corolla, on the far northern end of the Outer Banks. For me the trip had a little of everything, from historical discoveries to a kiss at the top of a lighthouse.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
“For all the Poor People”: Notes on Sarah E. Small & Her Run for the U.S. Congress in 1965
Sarah E. Small of Williamston, N.C. was the first African American woman in North Carolina history to run for the U.S. Congress. When she ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965, she may even have been the first black woman to do so in American history.
David Cecelski 