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Echoes of America's Past | Durham News
In 1963, a brave paratrooper named Buford T. Holt marched to the mayor’s door in Danville, Virginia, in uniform with a sign declaring he was ready to die for his country—but questioning if America was truly ready to defend his rights against segregation. Meanwhile, in 1954, Raleigh welcomed its seventh Piggly Wiggly store in Longview Gardens on New Bern Avenue, a building still standing today. In 1947, an 18-year-old Betty Rand from Garner won a Hollywood trip by designing a sleeveless dress without hip pockets, beating over 18,000 entries in a McCall’s Pattern contest. And in 1926, a…
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