Untitled photo, possibly related to: Zollie Lyons, sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five
"One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a #Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her... [another horror story]... And in #NorthCarolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby died.
So a #northcarolina#cop#chokes a handcuffed man it takes 3 years to get the #video released because the town fights tooth & nail spending #tax dollars to hide it, and multiple other videos are still not being released.
The big social media platforms seem to hide stories like this these days
Father of sharecropper family. He is sixty-nine years old, has six acres of tobacco, has a large family. Heard in conversation on his porch, "Land is like folks. It gets tired and needs a rest." Person County, North Carolina
Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places and loafing spots for neighborhood farmers in their off times. Granville County, North Carolina
Country filling station owned and operated by tobacco farmer. Such small independent stations have become meeting places (community center) and loading spots for neighborhood farmers in their off times. Granville County, North Carolina
Tobacco sharecropper's wife disposing of dishwater after washing breakfast dishes. She put on white shoes for the photograph. Person County, North Carolina
Single tobacco flower. The tobacco plant is "topped" before it blooms in the field, with exception of a few plants which are saved out for seed. Shoofly, Granville County, North Carolina
As far-right contenders dominate the #GOP ticket in a state known for its flourishing #economy, the business community is bracing for potential fallout
The #NorthCarolina Chamber of #Commerce rebuked “#partisan ideologues that cause #division & create #controversy” in an unusually biting stmnt last month, saying the Mar primary results offer a “startling warning of the looming threats to NC’s #business climate.” Ofcls did not put an amt on projected losses.
…Michael Walden, an #economist at #NC State U, who tracked the damage in 2016 [said], “You lose #jobs. You lose #construction activity. You lose an additional tax base. You lose prestige.”
It's very sad that Liberation Station, the first and only black-owned children's bookstore in #NorthCarolina, is closing because they can't take the chance that the people threatening violence against the store, its owners and their family will act on those threats.
You can help them wind down. The linked story at Wonkette contains a link to Liberation Station's website.
BLACK-OWNED CHILDREN'S BOOKSTORE IN RALEIGH MOVING AFTER THREATS, OWNER SAYS
Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened.
Geez. I think to myself "of course it's North Carolina..."
"Since September, we’ve faced numerous threats following the opening of our store," Scott-Miller wrote.