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36503
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The author discusses the former practice where white people in towns got to vote for members of their city school system and also got to vote for the members of the county school system. That vote diluted the vote from the county citizens; which led to white men from towns running the county schools.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 44 Issue No. 1, , p13-14, il
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43624
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Clement opened her own law office in Asheville in 1917 and became the first woman in North Carolina to establish her own firm without affiliation with a male lawyer. She also accepted a nomination to a seat in the North Carolina General Assembly several months before ratification of the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote.
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5199
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Born in Wilkes County, Tom Dula was a young man who enjoyed dating the ladies. Accused of murdering Laura Foster, he fled Tennessee. Captured, he was returned to North Carolina, tried, and hanged. Boyd discusses these events and the controversy surrounding them.
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43225
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Redford organized a family reunion of descendants of former slaves at Somerset Plantation in Washington County in on August 30, 1986. She later became site manager for Somerset Place Historic Site and authored a book on her family research leading to the 1986 event.
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4527
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By 1900, almost 95 percent of textile families in the South lived in company housing, which was small and lacked running water, indoor toilets, and central heating. Yet the families dealt with all hardships. The gardened to supplement what could be bought with meager salaries. They shared chores such as harvesting and hog killing with other members of the community. Because they didn't have doctors, they relied on their own healers and home remedies. For entertainment they listened to village musicians and went to dances.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Fall 1986, p15-19, il
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42913
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"Many of the men and women who serve in the military are a big part of our Tar Heel 'family.' But in North Carolina, the military is also big business."
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14363
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Meekins describes the problems faced by women, children, older citizens, and others who maintained the home front during the Civil War. They dealt with situations like shortages of sugar, coffee, and flour; difficulties in planting and harvesting crops; and high prices caused by speculators.
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13508
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Margaret Anna Robertson was born in 1810, and in 1831, she married the Rev. Robert Burwell. In 1835, the family moved to Hillsborough, where Rev. Burwell had accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church. There, she was prompted by local townspeople to open a school. In 1837, the Burwell School opened, initially for local girls. Burwell's curriculum for girls was progressive for the times and offered courses such as penmanship, geography, astronomy, algebra, chemistry, and philosophy. In 1857, the Burwells moved to Charlotte, where Rev. Burwell became president of the Charlotte Female Institute, now Queens University of Charlotte.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Fall 2010, p31-34, il, por
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2590
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Many ordinary people led civil rights protests. In 1968-69, when school desegregation in Hyde County threatened the loss of two Afro-American schools, a one-year student boycott saved the schools.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 35 Issue 1, Fall 1995, p32-35, il
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36423
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Barbara B. Snowden, the 1984 Advisor of the year, presented the award to Peggy W. Lowe, of Riverview Elementary School, Murfreesboro, NC.
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36345
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The author writes about Phillis Wheatley, first Negro writer of significance in America. She was born in Africa about 1753, was brought into America in 1761. As a slave of the John Wheatley family of Boston, she learned English and could read difficult writings within 16 months of her arrival. Her first poem was published in 1770 and in 1775 she wrote a poem honoring George Washington. In this poem she referred to the United States as ‘Columbia;’ the first use of that word with that meaning attached.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 16 Issue No. 3, , p28, por
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13481
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In 1839, Thomas Day, the master cabinetmaker from Milton in Caswell County, acquired ten-year-old Archibald Clark as an apprentice. State law required that all orphans and children of unmarried parents be bound to a master or mistress through indenture to the age of twenty-one. Marshall describes what Archibald's life would have been like during his indenture period.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Fall 2010, p20-23, il
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36415
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The author tells the story of a ghost of a little girl in a flower garden. She was seen at a certain spot picking and smelling flowers. Later it was discovered proof of a murder and the spot where the little girl was seen in the garden was dug up and the skeleton of a small child was found.
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16079
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In 1788, the North Carolina Constitutional Convention deemed it necessary to develop a fixed seat of government in the colony. By 1791, New Bern, in Craven County, was deemed a worthy site and a General Assembly meeting proposed a 400 acre expanse and planned the city details including: placement of the state house, plot size, street widths, and areas for public use.
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