Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South - Brossura

McLaurin, Melton Alonza

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ISBN 10: 0820320471 ISBN 13: 9780820320472

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1998

Riassunto

In Separate Pasts Melton A. McLaurin honestly and plainly recalls his boyhood during the 1950s, an era when segregation existed unchallenged in the rural South. In his small hometown of Wade, North Carolina, whites and blacks lived and worked within each other's shadows, yet were separated by the history they shared. Separate Pasts is the moving story of the bonds McLaurin formed with friends of both races--a testament to the power of human relationships to overcome even the most ingrained systems of oppression.

A new afterword provides historical context for the development of segregation in North Carolina. In his poignant portrayal of contemporary Wade, McLaurin shows that, despite integration and the election of a black mayor, the legacy of racism remains.

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L'autore

Melton A. McLaurin is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is the author of Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South for which he received the Lillian Smith Award, and Celia, a Slave (both Georgia).

Product Description

The author of this book recalls his boyhood during the 1950s in the small hometown of Wade, North Carolina, where whites and blacks lived and worked within each other's shadows.

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• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0820320471
• ISBN 13: 9780820320472
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176