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In 1939, schoolteacher Stella Sharpe wrote the children’s book, Tobe, about African American rural life in North Carolina. Even though the pictures in the book are staged, the story line and depiction of African American life centers on the truth.

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 55 Issue 1, Fall 2015, p14-16, il, por

Orange County--History; Children's books; African Americans--Social life and customs

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Interviews between Museum Studies graduate students and former textile mill employees revealed how blurred racial segregation boundaries in Greensboro mill villages created a relationship unique in the Jim Crow era.

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 57 Issue 1, Fall 2017, p10-13

Textile mill villages--North Carolina--Greensboro; Cone Mills (Greensboro); Segregation--Jim Crow laws; Textile towns--see also textile mill villages ; University of North Carolina Greensboro--Department of History--Museum Studies ; Mill system--Greensboro--racial segregation; African American mill villages--Greensboro--East White Oak; African American mill villages--Greensboro--Franklin Richmond; Mill villages--Greensboro--White Oak; Mill villages--Greensboro--White Oak--Buddy Owens; Greensboro--museum exhibitions--The Fabric of Memory: The Cone Mill Villages ; Greensboro--museum exhibitions--Revolution Mill ; Black YMCAs--North Carolina--East White Oak Community Center