The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina

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The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina is written by Gene R. Nichol and published by UNC Press Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1469666170 (ISBN 10) and 9781469666174 (ISBN 13).

More than 1.5 million North Carolinians today live in poverty. More than one in five are children. Behind these sobering statistics are the faces of our fellow citizens. This book tells their stories. Since 2012, Gene R. Nichol has traveled the length of North Carolina, conducting hundreds of interviews with poor people and those working to alleviate the worst of their circumstances. In an afterword to this new edition, Nichol draws on fresh data and interviews with those whose voices challenge all of us to see what is too often invisible, to look past partisan divides and preconceived notions, and to seek change. Only with a full commitment as a society, Nichol argues, will we succeed in truly ending poverty, which he calls our greatest challenge.