Mary Mountcastle and the Reynolds Family Connections

Mary Mountcastle and the Reynolds Family Connections

This is part two of a three-part series (click here for part 1) Susan Myrick It can be very difficult to grasp or visualize the vastness of the network of left-wing groups in North Carolina. But one way to start is with the key group on the left – and the family that dominates it....
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David Neal and the Reynolds Family Connections

David Neal and the Reynolds Family Connections

This is part one of a three-part series Susan Myrick It can be very difficult to grasp or visualize the vastness of the network of left-wing groups in North Carolina. But one way to start is with the key group on the left, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation – and the family that dominates it....
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Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation: Roots of Radicalism

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation: Roots of Radicalism

Susan Myrick Z. Smith Reynolds, in a photo from the Reynolda House Museum of American Art. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation hasn’t always been the largest funder of liberal activist organizations in North Carolina. But just as the Reynolds family moved away from the legacy of its founding patriarch, in time the foundation abandoned its...
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