This story was originally published by The 19th, where Rebekah Barber is a 2022-2023 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper editorial fellow. In 1990, one of the most racially charged political races in recent history was taking place in North Carolina. Harvey Gantt, the first Black mayor of Charlotte, was challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, a […]
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