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Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South

Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South

McLaurin, Melton a.

Paperback

Series: Brown Thrasher Books

Historical FiguresGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0820320471
ISBN13: 9780820320472
Publisher: Univ Of Georgia Pr
Published: Sep 1 1998
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

In Separate Pasts Melton A. McLaurin honestly and plainly recalls his boyhood during the 1950s, an era when segregation existed unchallenged in the rural South. In his small hometown of Wade, North Carolina, whites and blacks lived and worked within each other's shadows, yet were separated by the history they shared. Separate Pasts is the moving story of the bonds McLaurin formed with friends of both races--a testament to the power of human relationships to overcome even the most ingrained systems of oppression.

A new afterword provides historical context for the development of segregation in North Carolina. In his poignant portrayal of contemporary Wade, McLaurin shows that, despite integration and the election of a black mayor, the legacy of racism remains.

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