Nov 24, 2008
Telling Untold History
Our blogger-in-chief, David Beito, went on a whirlwind speaking tour for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and the North Carolina History Project last week.
He spoke at four schools, two of them historically black colleges, in the Raleigh-Durham area: St. Augustine's, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State, and Campbell. His topic was"Civil Rights and Black Fraternal Societies in the South."
His talk, based on his book From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State, featured rarely acknowledged aspects of black history--the self-help and entrepreneurial activities spurred by fraternal societies. George Leef wrote about the talk here.
He spoke at four schools, two of them historically black colleges, in the Raleigh-Durham area: St. Augustine's, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State, and Campbell. His topic was"Civil Rights and Black Fraternal Societies in the South."
His talk, based on his book From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State, featured rarely acknowledged aspects of black history--the self-help and entrepreneurial activities spurred by fraternal societies. George Leef wrote about the talk here.