Books that focus on, or have a relation to, Chapel Hill

[donbosco]

John Ehle
Harper & Row, 1965 - 340 pages
"This moving narrative by John Ehle describes the experiences of a handful of dedicated young students, both black and white, during the 1963-64 civil rights protests in Chapel Hill, NC. The movement began through the efforts of three young men: two white UNC-CHapel Hill students, John Dunne, a gifted Morehead Scholar, and Pat Cusick, the grandson of the founder of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, and one student from the all-black North Carolina College in Durham, Quinton Baker. First published in 1965 by Harper & Row, 'The Free Men' was controversial but won the Mayflower Award for Nonfiction. It is now back in print by Press 53 with a new Afterword by the former UNC-Chapel Hill student, 'Daily Tar Heel' editor, and Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist Wayne King"--Amazon.com

 

[donbosco]

John Ehle
Harper & Row, 1965 - 340 pages
"This moving narrative by John Ehle describes the experiences of a handful of dedicated young students, both black and white, during the 1963-64 civil rights protests in Chapel Hill, NC. The movement began through the efforts of three young men: two white UNC-CHapel Hill students, John Dunne, a gifted Morehead Scholar, and Pat Cusick, the grandson of the founder of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, and one student from the all-black North Carolina College in Durham, Quinton Baker. First published in 1965 by Harper & Row, 'The Free Men' was controversial but won the Mayflower Award for Nonfiction. It is now back in print by Press 53 with a new Afterword by the former UNC-Chapel Hill student, 'Daily Tar Heel' editor, and Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist Wayne King"--Amazon.com

Professors Reckford (PHIL) and Strahley (PHYS) are prominent in this account. The incidents at the Watts Grill and Colonial Drug are recounted quite well.

 

[donbosco]

It is a good book by a fine historian.

Communists on Campus

North Carolina's 1963 speaker ban law declared the state's public college and university campuses off-limits to "known members of the Communist Party" or to ...

ugapress.org

 

[heelinhell]

I was given "27 Views of Chapel Hill" by my daughter for Christmas. Contributors include Bland Simpson, Will Blythe Sy Safransky, Daniel Wallace, D.G. Martin,and Daphne Athas.

I plan to read it as soon as my recovery from eye surgery is complete.