Charles N. Hunter and Race Relations in North Carolina
John H. Haley
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 07/2014
Pages: 366
Subject: Social Science
| University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469617060
DESCRIPTION
A political activist, but never a radical, he skillfully used his journalistic abilities and his personal contacts with whites to publicize the problems and progress of his race. He urged blacks to ally themselves with the best of the white leaders, and he constantly reminded whites that their treatment of his race ran counter to their professed religious beliefs and the basic tenets of the American liberal tradition. By carefully balancing his efforts, Hunter helped to establish a spirit of passive protest against racial injustice.
John Haley's compelling book, largely based on Hunter's voluminous papers, affords a unique opportunity to view race relations in North Carolina through the eyes of a black man. It also provides the first continuous survey of the black experience in the state from the end of the Civil War to the Great Depression, an account that critiques the belief that race relations were better in North Carolina than in other southern states.
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