IN AGREEMENT: Both Sasha Mitchell, community historian, and DeWayne Barton, CEO of Hood Huggers International, agree that E.W. Pearson, center, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and local entrepreneur and community organizer would have been a welcome voice in addressing 2020’s calls for racial justice. Photo credits, starting left, courtesy of Mitchell; courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library; by Thomas Calder