Winston-Salem and Nigeria in the 1950s D.G. Martin Jun 28, 2018 Jun 28, 2018 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 D.G. Martin Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save D.G. Martin Was there a connection between the 1950s Nigerian movement for independence and the civil rights movement in Winston-Salem?kAm t=2:?6 }6:= ~CC’D ?6H ?@G6=[ “$H:>>:?8 q6EH66? (@C=5D[” :D 32D65 @? E9:D AC6>:D6] %96 }]r] $E2E6 AC@76DD@C 8C6H FA 2D 2 49:=5 @7 p>6C:42? >:DD:@?2C:6D :? }:86C:2] w6C 6IA6C:6?46D 82G6 2 362FE:7F= 2?5 ECF6 DA:C:E E@ 96C 7:CDE ?@G6=[ “p s:776C6?E $F?[” 23@FE AC6\r:G:= (2C $@FE96C? >:DD:@?2C:6D 8@:?8 E@ q=24< p7C:42 E@ D2G6 D@F=D]k^AmkAm x?DE625 @7 D=2G69@=5:?8 $@FE96C?6CD AC6249:?8 E@ }:86C:2? 3=24<D[ E96 ?6H 3@@< 4@?EC2DED E96 4F=EFC2= D68C682E:@? @7 `hd_D (:?DE@?\$2=6> H:E9 E92E :? }:86C:2]k^Am kAmp=E9@F89 }:86C:2?D H6C6 4@>:?8 E@ 2 DF446DD7F= 6?5 @7 E96:C DECF88=6 7@C :?56A6?56?46 7C@> vC62E qC:E2:?[ E96J H6C6 DE:== >:C65 :? 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