As late as 1968, a billboard at the entrance to Smithfield, N.C., declared the town "KLAN Country," signifying the long-time strength in that area of the Ku Klux Klan.
Half a century earlier, in 1914, Charles Robinson's maternal grandfather, Charles William Furlonge, emigrated from the West Indies and became a doctor in that town, where he treated poor families, both black and white. According to Furlonge family lore, his service to the public inspired the... (continued)
Nov. 16, 2009
Charles F. Robinson
Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel of The Regents of the University of California -Oakland
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