Journalist and author Rob Christensen discusses his 2019 book The Rise and Fall of the Branchhead Boys.

The Scott family led a populist, progressive movement supported by rural North Carolinians. Christensen offers a definitive history of the state’s most influential political family and the effects of race and populism on North Carolina politics during the twentieth century.

Reception is at 6:30 PM, followed by talk at 7:00 PM.