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40422
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A Native American tribe has endured racial and ethnic bias in Robeson since their arrival in the mid-eighteenth century. This enduring spirit could have contributed to their successful contention with the Klu Klux Klan in 1958, a nationally recognized that helped paved the way for their present national and local political prowess.
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Lumbee Indians--Robeson County; Hatteras Indians--see also Hattorask Indians; Tuscarora Indians--North Carolina; Saponi Indians--North Carolina; Cheraw Indians--North Carolina; Cape Fear Indians--Cape Fear River; Lowry (Lowrie), Henry Berry, 1845-1872; Pembroke State College for Indians (Pembroke); Battle of Hayes Pond--Klu Klux Klan--Lumbee Indians; Social justice--Native Americans--Helen Maynor Schreibeck; Battle of Hayes Pond--Lumbee Indians--Judge Lacy R. Maynor
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40463
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Hugh MacRae Morton, famed photographer, had an appreciation of the area around Grandfather Mountain perhaps more akin to individuals like John Muir, co-founder of the Sierra Club. As for Morton's grandfather and former owner of Grandfather Mountain, Hugh McRae, his appreciation of the region leaned more toward development than conservation, as demonstrated by his ownership of Linville Improvement Company.
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Morton family; Morton, Hugh MacRae, 1921-2006; MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951; Linville Improvement Company--Hugh MacRae; Muir, John, 1838-1914; Grandfather Mountain State Park--History; Grandfather Mountain--history; Grandfather Mountain Highland Games (Linville); Linville Gorge; Logging railroads--History; Sierra Club--North Carolina; MacRae Meadows (Avery County); Linville Company--see also Linville Improvement Company ; Highlands--Description and travel; Highlands--history
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41050
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W. Kerr Scott, building upon his family’s tradition of public service in Alamance County, initiated progress throughout his home state and in the world, some of which generated controversy. As governor and senator, his accomplishments included 150,000 new electric connections for rural areas and advocating for a world food bank. His appointments of the first woman to the Superior Court and black man to the State Board of Education reflected ideals considered radical by some political rivals.
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Scott, W. Kerr, 1896-1958; Scott, W. Kerr--see Scott, William Kerr; Alamance County--History; Aycock, Charles B., 1859-1912; Sharp, Susie Marshall, 1907-1996; State Board of Education--black board members--Harold L. Trigg; Alamance Community College--The Scott Family Collection ; Umstead, William B., 1895-1954; Rural development; Infrastructure--North Carolina; Telephone--North Carolina, Rural; Electric service--rural areas
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34280
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For the Qualla Cherokee Indians, the western mountains of North Carolina are sacred and eternal, but surviving and prospering here has been a challenge of generations. Known as the “Land of Blue Smoke,” the sovereign nation encompasses parts of Jackson and Swain counties at the eastern gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This article covers the history of the Cherokee, their achievements, and their sacrifices.
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34370
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In the 1930s and ‘40s, black farmers settled in rural Halifax County to farm under a program that originated as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Tillery Farms Resettlement project aimed to compose a percentage of blacks in the farming population, improve their economic prospects and make them self-sufficient, and stabilize the larger agricultural economy that collapsed during the Depression. More than two-hundred black families have owned farms in Tillery, and generations remain on the land they worked.
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34831
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In 2018, a monster storm hit North Carolina called Hurricane Florence. This article documents the experience of author Philip Gerard from the preparation through the storm, the aftermath and to the future.
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34844
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In 1940, the Marine Corps began searching for the perfect spot to build a new base in which soldiers could train for amphibious assault missions. This was first called Marine Barracks New River; it was later renamed after General Lejeune, who revolutionized the way that Marines trained for amphibious assault missions.
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34850
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During World War I, Sandhills Airfield was used in order to train artillery brigades. It became an official post in 1922, renamed Fort Bragg. It also becomes the home of the 82nd Airborne.
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34864
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The Great Flood of 1940 in North Carolina was caused by days of torrential downpours from a hurricane. Landslides caused by the rain and clear-cutting mountainsides engulfed several towns, killing twelve people and ruining hundreds of properties. This article remembers those that died and the impact the landslides had on the towns they crushed.
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34987
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From May 15, 2015 to February 19, 2017 at the Cape Fear Museum, an exhibition called “Reflections in Black and White” will be available to view. The photographs, all black and white photos, were taken in Wilmington in the 1940s and 50’s. While the subjects are doing similar things, like attending parties, playing, or working, they all showcase the significant amount of segregation at the time; not one photograph has a white and black subject in the same frame.
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37423
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The dulcimer, often associated with Western North Carolina, found places other than the region’s lumber mills and was found long before the nineteenth century. Introduced in Europe by returning Crusaders, its origins can be traced back to Greece and the Near East.
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Ocracoke Island residents harvested oysters long before Sir Walter Raleigh’s agents discovered the island. Following the Civil War, however, Ocracokers harvested increasing numbers of the shellfish and nurtured their beds to ensure that there would be plenty of oysters for generations. In 1890, tensions grew between native Ocracokers and outsiders whose dredging practices had virtually destroyed their oyster populations. Eventually, the state passed to protect Ocracoke’s oyster beds from over-fishing.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 83 Issue 12, May 2016,
p30, 32, 34, il, por, map
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22792
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As part one of the North Carolina in the Civil War series, this article describes the battles leading up to the Union occupation of Wilmington.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 8, January 2015,
p166-174, il, por, map
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23317
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Gerard discusses history and documentary filmmaking with a childhood friend, Ken Burns. Burns is a filmmaker who seeks to excite an interest in the history behind the fiction in his documentary films.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p115-125, il, por
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23914
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This article, the third in a series on North Carolina in the Civil War, traces Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's efforts to stop Sherman's march at the Battle of Bentonville in March of 1865.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 10, March 2015,
p185-186, 188, 190-192, il, por
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