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In North Carolina, racial politics remain inescapable
What one state Senate race says about America
To understand how power works in North Carolina and, indeed, America—how the interlocking gears of the legal and political systems move society forward or back—consider the career of Toby Fitch, who is campaigning for re-election in November as a state senator from Wilson, North Carolina.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “History’s present”
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