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1. Campus to counter: civil rights activism in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, 1960-1963

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Author:
Suttell, Brian
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
323.0975 SUTTE
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
323.0975 SUTTE
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
323.0975 SUTTE
Description:
This book analyzes civil rights activism in North Carolina in the early 1960s, especially among students at Shaw University, Saint Augustine's College, and North Carolina College at Durham. Their significance in challenging segregation has been underrepresented in scholarly works. These students played a crucial role in bringing the end of legal segregation and in reducing hiring discrimination. While activists proceeded from campus to lunch counters...