Cole, J. Timothy 1959–

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Cole, J. Timothy 1959–

PERSONAL: Born January 19, 1959, in Lenoir, NC; son of Rush Hartie (in the newspaper business) and Helen Jane (Flack) Cole. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Appalachian State University, B.A., 1981, M.A., 1984; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, M.L.I.S., 1996.

ADDRESSES: Home—3502 B Parkwood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27403. E-mail—timothycole1641@msn.com.

CAREER: Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, NC, librarian, 2000–.

WRITINGS:

The Rumbling Mountain of Hickory Nut Gap: The Story of North Carolina's Most Celebrated Earthquakes, privately published (Wilmington, NC), 1990.

The Forest City Lynching of 1900: Populism, Racism, and White Supremacy in Rutherford County, North Carolina, McFarland and Co. (Jefferson, NC), 2003.

Contributor to periodicals, including Georgia Backroads and Our State North Carolina.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Journal of Southern History, May, 2004, review of The Forest City Lynching of 1900: Populism, Racism, and White Supremacy in Rutherford County, North Carolina, p. 493.

North Carolina Historical Review, April, 2004, review of The Forest City Lynching of 1900, pp. 229-230.

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