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During the summer of 1963 civil rights movements were taking place all over the South. In northeastern North Carolina the struggle for freedom focused on the small town of Williamston, where a legacy of voting rights advocacy and a history of violence caught the attention of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The Massachusetts chapter of the SCLC sent fifteen white ministers to Williamston in November in an attempt to increase media coverage. Just as the movement was gaining traction, John F. Kennedy was assassinated and the nation lost interest in Williamston. So far the Williamston Freedom Movement has remained little known, though its impact was significant locally. This book details the events and those who participated, and includes 19 interviews with members of both the black and white community. By studying local movements, historians can better understand how ordinary people contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.
Finalist for the 2023 CASEY Award Gaylord Jackson Perry was born in 1938 as the younger son of a tobacco sharecropper in Martin County, North Carolina. He and his older brother Jim grew up against a background of backbreaking work six days a week in a community that boasted not a single paved road until the 1950s. Their only relaxation was playing baseball, first with their father and later at school. While both brothers would go on to succeed as pitchers in major league baseball, for Gaylord, success would require a lot of perseverance and an almost equal amount of subterfuge. After a couple of lackluster seasons with the San Francisco Giants, he learned from bullpen-mate Bob Shaw how to th...
'My heart was in my mouth as I raced through it. You have to read this one' Clare Mackintosh You will be gripped and moved by the powerful, unputdownable new novel from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain. 'Taut, compelling and moving' Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks, Platinum magazine 'Both powerful and page-turning' Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly 'Diane Chamberlain is at her absolute best' NYT bestseller Sally Hepworth A street where the neighbours are always watching. A family's secret lies behind closed doors... 1965. A young white female student becomes involved in the fight for civil rights in North Carolina, falling in love with one of her fel...
Descendants of Peter Smith (d. 1741), who was born in Westmoreland Co., Va. and also died there. He and his wife (possibly Margaret), had ten children. Most descendants in this book are through three of their sons: William Smith (ca. 1720-1751), who married Lettis Hancock; James Smith (d. ca. 1751), who married Elizabeth; and Thomas Smith (ca. 1708-1778), who married Elizabeth Fleming. Descendants live in Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama and elsewhere in the United States.
James Buckley (1722-1787) died in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He married Mary and they were the parents of nine children. Their son John Buckley married Mary (Polly) Harris (1767-1806) in Pittsylvania Co. They were the parents of six children. Their daughter Betsy Ann Buckley married Thomas Brown. They lived and died in Clarke Co., Georgia. Another son, James Buckley, Jr. was a Revolutionary soldier like his brother John. He married Mary Ridgeway in Halifax Co., VA in 1788. They settled later in Williamson Co., Tennessee. Other family members lived in Weakley and Henderson Co., Tenn. Several generations of descendants are given.
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