Melton A McLaurinMelton McLaurin is professor emeritus of history at UNC Wilmington. He is the author of Separate Pasts, Growing Up White in the Segregated South, winner of the Lillian Smith Award; Celia, A Slave, a 1992 New York Times notable book of the year; The Mrines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines; and writer/director of the PBS documentary The Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom. Read More Read Less