The school careers of two teenage girls–one black, one white–were altered by a court-ordered desegregation plan for Durham, NC in 1970. This dual memoir covers the two women's life trajectories from early school days to future careers working in global public health, challenging gender biases, racial inequities, and health disparities.
PBS NC Bookwatch with LaHoma Smith Romocki & Cindy Waszak Geary (Season 20, Episode 2023, Aired: 03/12/2018; 26min.)
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UNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthAdjunct Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior
Campaign webpage for Granville County CommissionersI was born in Durham, N.C. My husband and I moved to Granville county in 1991 and we raised our two children here. I have loved living out in the country, just outside the Creedmoor city limit.
