The layers and dimensions of Greensboro, North Carolina, must startle any keen observer. A city now of about 260,000 people, its palimpsestic history layers back to Native America and forward to Latinos, Montagnards and, also in the area, Palestinians. Think Frank Lucas, main true life character in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007), or Joe Dudley (both were born in eastern North Carolina but relocated to this little mecca) of Dudley Products, featured in Chris Rock's Good Hair (2009). Think Civil Rights, the sit-ins, Vicks Chemical Company, O. Henry (William S. Porter), General Nathanael Greene (the city's namesake). Think last capital of the Confederacy (after Appomattox), General Joseph E. Johnston, Orson Scott Card, Dolley Madison, Quakers, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the neary Regulators and Battle of Alamance, Guilford College, Greensboro College, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina A & T. And more. How about Edward R. Murrow?
I'll return to my earlier theme of Greensboro as American microcosm, well-worth exploring, contemplating, knowing. But tonight, off to Chapel Hill to the Cat's Cradle to see a trio of bands that I'll report on tomorrow, God willing and the Haw River don't rise.
Today's Rune: Partnership.
3 comments:
Sounds like it has a fascinating history for sure. Didn't realize it was the center of so much sturm and drang.
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