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The Making Of A Southern Democracy

In modern history, especially over the past six or seven decades, North Carolina has changed in many ways, in terms of growth, economy, race relations, and education. These changes were all affected by politics and political shifts throughout the years. A new book on North Carolina political history goes into great depth in explaining how intertwined many of these changes were with each other and how that depended on who was in office. We’ll be joined by the author of The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics From Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory, Tom Eamon, who will take us through some of the turmoil and political change to explain why elections and people in office matter, how race relations have changed the state and its politics and about the change in party balance from the 1950’s to today.

Guest
Tom Eamon
- Political Science instructor at East Carolina University and author of The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics From Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory

  • Tom Eamon has a book signing, tomorrow (Saturday) at Park Road Books at 2:00pm. 
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