Record #:

21676

Author(s):

Edwards, Pamela C.

Abstract:

This article examines the company union at the Durham Hosiery Mills in the early 20th century and the company's transformation from labor paternalism to welfare capitalism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 81 Issue 4, Oct 2004, p365-392 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Labor movement--History; Durham Hosiery Mill

Record #:

21677

Author(s):

Myers, Christopher

Abstract:

This article examines the creation of segregated white private schools in Edgecombe, Halifax, and Nash counties after the 1954 'Brown v. Board of Education' Supreme Court decision. The movement to create private white schools was founded upon the mission of whites to maintain control over education and preserve social class structure.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 81 Issue 4, Oct 2004, p393-425 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Race relations

Record #:

21681

Author(s):

Buhite, Russell D.

Abstract:

This article examines the role Branch Rickey had in the 1959 to 1960 campaign to create a third major league, the Continental League, in major league baseball. The National and American Leagues opposed the action and killed the proposal by promising to add additional major league teams.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 81 Issue 4, Oct 2004, p426-460 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball