266 pgs. b&w illus. 2002 revised. Middle school, high school.

This revised edition brings the story of North Caroina's black citizens up to 2001. Included is a detailed examination of considerable electoral gains made by African American candidates for public office from the late 1960s through the 1990s, a period characterized by complex legal issues involving busing and political redistricting. An entirely new chapter surveys the expanding political influence of African Americans in North Carolina and the rise of effective (and often victorious) black politicians such as Henry E. Frye, Dan Blue, Eva Clayton and Mel Watt.

The revised edition points out the important place occupied by the state in late 20th century judicial efforts to resolve issues of race, racial prejudice, and racial equality and demonstrates that much has changed. Three new maps show North Carolina's congressional districts in 1992, 1997 and 1998. New appendixes list major federal and state offices held by black North Carolinians from 1969 to 2001 and offer a chronology of the redistricting of North Carolina's congressional districts from 1991 to 2001.

Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Social Studies - ethnic diversity; all eras

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