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Magness, Leroy, 1920-2007

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Leroy magness spent most of his life in Lincolnton, North Carolina, about thirty-five miles from Charlotte. A poet, and a man who "didn't want to be a troublemaker," Magness did not participate in the civil rights movement, nor approve of those that did, believing that good behavior was a better catalyst for change than activism.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

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Magness, Leroy, 1920-2007

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Oral history interview with Leroy Magness, March 27, 1999

Creator:: Magness, Leroy, 1920-2007
Date of Original:: 1999-03-27
Collection:: Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)