Posted in Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, tagged adam clayton powell, dan k moore, geoffrey kabaservice, paradox of tar heel politics, rob christensen, robert l gavin, rule and ruin, terry sanford on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“In the [1964] North Carolina governor’s race, approximately 97 percent of black voters preferred segregationist Democrat Dan K. Moore to his integrationist Republican opponent, Robert L. Gavin. As Gavin explained, ‘This I believe was because of the determination of the Negro race to defeat our [Goldwater-Miller] national ticket.’ ” — From “Rule and Ruin: The [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged hillbilly, jesse helms, marshal ney, old north state, redneck, sam ervin, sweet tea, tar heel state, terry sanford, white trash on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Still more phrase-frequency charts from the indefatigable Google Books Ngram Reader: – sweet tea – Jesse Helms vs. Terry Sanford and Sam Ervin – Old North State vs. Tar Heel State. Only now has Tar Heel State become the more common usage? There’s something here I’m not getting. – redneck vs. white trash and hillbilly [...]
