In modern history, especially over the past six or seven decades, North Carolina has changed in many ways, in terms of growth, economy, race relations, and education. These changes were all

affected by politics and political shifts throughout the years. A new book on North Carolina political history goes into great depth in explaining how intertwined many of these changes were

with each other and how that depended on who was in office. We’ll be joined by the author of _The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics From Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory_, Tom

Eamon, who will take us through some of the turmoil and political change to explain why elections and people in office matter, how race relations have changed the state and its politics and