Record #:

41284

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

It was a dynamic decade, due to social and cultural forces encouraging progress and protest. The author observed that progress and protest were particularly manifest in higher education, government, sports, and entertainment.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 87 Issue 8, January 2020, p108-112

Subject(s):

Civil rights movement; Community colleges--North Carolina--history ; Charlotte Motor Speedway; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; Klu Klux Klan--North Carolina ; North Carolina Arts Council; Folk music; Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958; Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974; Cape Lookout National Seashore