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The Rise and Fall of the Branchhead Boys: North Carolina's Scott Family and the Era of Progressive Politics Get access

Rob Christensen
Published online: 21 May 2020
Published in print: 13 May 2019
... – W. Kerr Scott, Robert Scott, and Meg Scott Phipps – held statewide office. Despite stereotypes about rural white southerners, the Scotts led a populist and progressive movement strongly supported by rural North Carolinians – the so-called Branchhead Boys, the rural grassroots voters who lived...
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Rob Christensen
in The Rise and Fall of the Branchhead Boys: North Carolina's Scott Family and the Era of Progressive Politics
Published: 13 May 2019
... movement and other high-profile social issues Equal Rights Amendment ERA Graham Frank Porter Hunt Jim Jr rural progressivism Sanford Terry Scott Kerr —as governor Truman Harry Young Democrats Club YDC Burns C C Charlotte N C Golden Harry Helms Jessie Long Huey North Carolina Branchhead Boys...