Celanese

and biology, In North Carolina where he grew up, he was deeply influenced by Jesus Christ and his grandmother. As he grew up he realized color of skin kept a lot of opportunities from him. His grandmother influenced “the big lie”, it stated that if he kept being respectful and modest, all opportunities would open up to him. The way the world was structured made him very angry, but Franklin knew he had to do something about it. If Franklin wasn’t able to do anything about the way the world is structured he wouldn’t be able to live with himself otherwise. After he graduated from A and T in 1963, he stayed in Greensboro North Carolina. In 1964, he married former Bettye Davis. Together they had three children. In 1965, Franklin joined the Celanese Corporation in Charlotte as a chemist and then retired. During Franklin’s life he worked to change educational, civic, spiritual, and political. Jibreel Khazan also known as Ezell Blair Jr. Ezell was born in Greensboro North Carolina. He attended Dudley High School. After high school he attended A and T University in 1963. Ezell earned a B.S in sociology. Ezell was a junior class president. He was in a group called the Student Government Association, the campus NAACP and the Greensboro Congress for racial equality. Ezell attended law school at Harvard University for less than a year. It was impossible to find a job in Greensboro North Carolina because of his reputation of being one of the four to start the sit-ins. Ezell moved to…

While the big businesses in Cumberland were affected by the depression, they were what kept the town from slipping too far into depression. The depression was detrimental to the Foote’s Dye and Cleaning Works. It was a high quality dry cleaning business. Even the Whitehouse sent its rugs and linens there to be cleaned. They closed down in July of 1937 when other low-budget companies took its business. The Railway system also suffered from the economic decline. The amount of freight decreased,…