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Spring Lake mayor, Chris Rey, is running for the position of U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Were he to win, he would be the first black senator from the state. This article discusses Rey’s background, the history of black men running for office in North Carolina, and the state of the current election.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 5, February 2016, p12-14, il, por Periodical Website
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27226
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House Bill 2 has placed North Carolina at the center of the nation’s culture wars triggering lawsuits, demonstrations, boycotts, and intense controversy. The law's most debated section assigns bathroom access in public buildings according to the biological sex listed on the user's birth certificate. The new law is based on an effort to prevent local governments from becoming too proactive, maintain Republican control of state government, and push against legal transgender equality.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 28, July 2016, p10-21, por Periodical Website
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27227
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House Bill 2 mandates that bathrooms in North Carolina public buildings and schools be used by those who have the corresponding sex on their birth certificate. To revise the sex on their birth certificate, trans people must undergo expensive surgery not everyone needs or can afford.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 28, July 2016, p23-24, il Periodical Website
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28793
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This issue recaps the major North Carolina events in 2016, including the presidential election, state politics, Hurricane Matthew, and issues regarding civil rights, transgender laws, and voting. Resolutions are included for living under a new presidential administration.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 50, Dec 2016, p6-21, il, por Periodical Website
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28796
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In an abrupt fourth special session, North Carolina Republicans began to file as many bills as possible. The move sparked national outrage and threats of legal action from Governor-elect Roy Cooper and legislative Democrats.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 49, Dec 2016, p8-10, il Periodical Website
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In the January State of the State address, Governor Pat McCrory discussed how the state’s government and economy were broken. McCrory explained that fixing the economy, improving the education system, and increasing efficiency in government would be the administration’s top priorities.
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Carolina Banker (HG 2153 N8 C66), Vol. 92 Issue 3, Fall 2013, p16-17, por
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17612
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Redistricting and outside money have changed the outlook for Democratic Candidates running for spots in the House of Representatives. These changes greatly affect four specific districts, the seventh, eighth, eleventh, and thirteenth, where redistricting moved Democratic leaning voters into already majority Democratic districts. Organizations like Karl Rove's Crossroads have also funneled millions of dollars into these races, further strengthening the Republican candidates' races.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 38, Sept 2012, p5 Periodical Website
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This article examines the 1870 conflict in North Carolina known as the Kirk-Holden War. The conflict began when members of the Ku Klux Klan from Caswell County murdered Republican state senator John W. Stephens. Republican governor William Woods Holden then sent a state militia unit under the command of George W. Kirk to arrest the clansmen.
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21768
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This article examines the debates of representation for the boroughs in the North Carolina legislature, especially during the 1835 North Carolina Constitutional Convention. It also looks at the views of North Carolina jurist and politician William Gaston. The article also looks at sectionalism in North Carolina, especially between the western and eastern parts of the state.
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North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 88 Issue 4, Oct 2011, p399-424 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website
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21697
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This article explores the Populist Party in North Carolina at the beginning of the 20th century, especially with regards to a contested election case in 1900 between Populist and Democratic candidates. The article also examines the African American struggle to vote when faced with violence from the Red Shirts, gangs of armed men who sought to suppress African American, Republican, and Populist voters.
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The executive MBA is a unique program for executives and business leaders who choose to continue their education. The program usually has year-round instruction which allows participants to continue working while earning a degree. This type of program is a “cohort program,” or one in which participants attend courses for a specified period of time with the same group of people. Knowland summarizes this program at four universities--Duke, Queens, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest.
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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 65 Issue 11, Nov 2007, p29-32, 33-34, il
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21813
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This article examines the relationship between social conservatives and the Republican Party in North Carolina during the 1960s. Social conservatives Walter Green, Jr. and James Gardner joined the Republican Party of North Carolina after observing a social liberal leaning in the national Democratic Party. With their support, the Republican run towards conservatism was successful in many North Carolina electoral campaigns.
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This article examines the influence of negative campaign literature had on the 1950 Senate primary race between Frank Porter Graham and Willis Smith. Non-aligned political committees who favored Smith issued material that exploited public fear and proved pivotal to Smith's victory in the runoff election.
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John Davis is the executive director of the Raleigh-based North Carolina Forum for Research and Economic Education (NCFREE). The organization was created in 1983 by a large cross-section of business leaders and lawyers. Davis was hired the same year. The founders wanted to understand the political process in the state, who the people were that ran for, or held office, how they voted, who backed them, and what underlying trends might change the state's political dynamics. The results of Davis's work are published in THE ALAMANAC OF NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS, which is often called the bible of North Carolina politics. Davis rates highly for his political insight, information gathering, and ability to forecast trends.
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This article examines the political landscape of the Lower Cape Fear region of colonial North Carolina, comparing it to the rest of the colony. The Lower Cape Fear region developed quite distinctly from nearby regions as it contained a stable and wealthy ruling class and a large, unruly slave population. The differences between the Lower Cape Fear region and the rest of the colony emphasize the problem with generalizing North Carolina's political environment.
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