Posted in Tar Heelia on August 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Say it ain’t so! There are no North Carolina towns listed in the latest version of CNN Money’s Top 100 “Best Places to Live“? Should we take it as an insult? Should we ask for a recount? Should we ask for a recalibration of the scales? Should we assume that it is some nefarious plot [...]
Posted in History, Just A Bite, tagged charlotte news newspaper, charlotte woman's club, gender and jim crow, glenda elizabeth gilmore, the help on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“If the activities of the white Charlotte Woman’s Club are any indication, interracial contact within public health campaigns had borne fruit. By 1919 white women had moved from the isolation of discussing racial issues with each other to interracial dialogue. “That year, the Woman’s Club embarked upon a course of study to better understand the [...]
