In 1963, almost a quarter of North Carolinians were living in poverty.
Governor Terry Sanford and his political associates decided it was time to get creative about building a strategy for eradicating poverty in the state. And with that, the was born. The Fund was a way to sponsor community organizing initiatives in local communities across the state, particularly by getting poor people involved directly.
, professor of education at Marquette University, and Rubye Gattis are former organizers with the North Carolina Fund; and is a professor of history and public policy at Duke University, and the co-author of (UNC Press, 2010). They all join Host Frank Stasio to talk about the history of the North Carolina Fund.
