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"A Dangerous Age: John Hervey Wheeler and the Search for Freedom of Movement”

Brandon Winford, Associate Professor
UT Department of History

Thursday, April 22, 2021
7:00 P.M.

This talk examines the activism of banker-lawyer John Hervey Wheeler during the modern civil rights movement. As president of Mechanics and Farmers Bank (M&F Bank), located on Durham's "Black Wall Street," Wheeler became North Carolina’s most influential black power broker and among the top civil rights figures in the South. Wheeler recognized that while direct action represented a shift away from strict reliance on legal tactics, ongoing civil disobedience meant that he was in a better position than ever before to fulfill the ideals of New South prosperity through increased involvement in reform and policymaking at the local, state, and national levels.

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