| Scope and content |
Correspondence (1965-2015) with state and national public figures, scholarly addresses delivered before national assemblies and editorials written for N.C. newspapers including the Winston-Salem Journal, the Charlotte Observer, the Greensboro Record, and the Raleigh News and Observer. Early draft of manuscript Ceremony of Innocence, published by Mercer University Press, 2005. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Roger D. Sharpe Papers (#1256), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Donor retains copyright to the publication Ceremony of Innocence and the documentary The Boy Who Heard President Abraham Lincoln Give the Gettysburg Address, although he permits fair use quoting. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Dr. Roger D. Sharpe. |
| Biographical note | Dr. Roger Dean Sharpe, born August 29, 1947, in Harmony (Iredell County), North Carolina, is the son of Henry Woodrow Sharpe, Sr., and Hattie Bell Shore Sharpe. He was educated at East Carolina University, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, the University of Oxford, and Union Theological Seminary in New York City, New York. He is a North Carolina educator and former state senator, historian, author, and national public policy advocate for civil rights and education. |
