Civilities and Civil Rights

Civilities and Civil Rights
Author: William H. Chafe
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1981
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195029192

The 'sit-ins' at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro launched the passive resistance phase of the civil rights revolution. This book tells the story of what happened in Greensboro; it also tells the story in microcosm of America's effort to come to grips with our most abiding national dilemma--racism.

Sketches of Pitt County

Sketches of Pitt County
Author: Henry Thomas King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1911
Genre: Pitt County (N.C.)
ISBN:

These sketches are the result of years of inquiry, research and compilation intended to give such traditions and facts as could be had from reliable sources and records. The demand for sketches of many of Pitt's prominent men made necessary the addition of a second part. Advertisements were necessary from a financial standpoint and are included in the back, separate and apart.