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for some future historian," he wrote.
"Cumberland County: A Brief
History" and "e Best of Roy Parker
Jr.: Reliving Fayetteville's Storied
Military History," by Roy Parker Jr.
Historical information is enjoyable
– and trustworthy – when it's
handled by a talented writer who's
also a respected historian. Parker, a
longtime journalist, was the founding
editor of the Fayetteville Times and
a contributing editor and military
history columnist for the Fayetteville
Observer aer the two papers merged.
When Parker died in 2013, at age 83,
one state historian said he was "the go-
to guy on Fayetteville history."
"Hometown Heritage," Volumes 1
and 2, by Lucile Miller Johnson.
ese books, published in 1978
and 1992, are slices of historical
information about homes, people and
places in Fayetteville and Cumberland
County. Johnson's papers, including
research notes, correspondence,
genealogical information and other
documents, are housed in the library's
Local & State History Room.
"Fayetteville, North Carolina," by
Roy Whitted.
Part of Arcadia Publishing's
Black America Series, this 128-page
book, published in 2000, provides
a visual and written record of the
African American experience and
achievements in Fayetteville and
Cumberland County.
Whitted, who grew up in
Cumberland and Bladen counties,
has steeped himself in local African
American history and has also
written two volumes of a book called
"Fayetteville: Profiled in Black." A
2015 Fayetteville Observer story said
the books chronicle the people, places
and events that shaped the local black
community.
