Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South (Brown Thrasher Books) - Softcover

McLaurin, Melton A.

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9780820320472: Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South (Brown Thrasher Books)
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ISBN 10: 0820320471 ISBN 13: 9780820320472
Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1998

Synopsis

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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About the Author

MELTON A. McLAURIN is history professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina–Wilmington. He is writer and director of the video documentary The Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom and the author of The Marines of Montford Point: America’s First Black Marines.

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Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0820320471
ISBN 13 
9780820320472
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
192
Rating
  • 3.85 out of 5 stars
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